This color change doesn’t usually occur until 2-3 weeks after the tooth has been injured and can occur after a tooth has turned red (see below.) As the blood breaks down, it can make the tooth appear to be gray, dark gray, brown or even black. When blood leaks out of blood vessels after a tooth injury, blood by-products such as iron can make their way into the small tubes inside the dentin layer of the tooth. When Your Child’s Tooth Turns Dark (Gray, Brown, or Black) After a Tooth Injury If you don’t know what those mean, you might want to brush up on The Anatomy of a Tooth. Tip – I will use words like pulp, dentin, and enamel in this article.
If you’re wondering what it means if your child’s tooth has turned pink, red, gray, black, brown, or yellow, then you’re the reason I wrote this article! It has been estimated that 8-30% of kids under 7 suffer an accident that injures one of their baby front teeth.Īny time a tooth suffers an injury, there is a possibility that it may turn a different color.
Other times, they simply hit the tooth really hard and injure it. Many times when kids get a head injury they knock out a tooth. If you have kids, you know that they can get themselves into a lot of interesting accidents.
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