Lily's Busted Teeth

A parent brings their daughter Lily to dentist Dr. Kamal after a soccer ball hits her in the mouth. Her tooth is slightly loose but not serious. Dr. Kamal says to avoid hard foods and watch for more movement.
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All right, my man, actually at the dentist emergency appointment. Well, not even appointment, just getting seen. Lily, what did you do to your teeth?
I got hit by a soccer ball.
Oh my gosh, these hurt when you eat. Yeah, they I mean, they both feel loose.
They are.
That can't be right. I texted Dr. Kamal and he said, well, we want to make sure there's not like a crack in the root or something. So he told me to come in. I really didn't think he'd want us to. I thought he'd just want to rest it, but it's probably good. Even Martha Stewart has a garden. You nervous?
Hey, how's it going?
Good, man. Did you catch the fireworks?
Oh yeah, yeah, we shot around fireworks.
Okay, so Dad, there's a little bit of a dislocation. This doesn't typically mean anything, okay? But what we're going to see is a thick and dark line, probably for a few years. Yeah, which is okay. When did this happen?
Last night.
Just last night.
So I don't know if it hurts you last night, did it? Yeah, just last night.
I was eating— the only thing we eat out there was a cake and it was soft cake.
Yeah, she made 2 cakes yesterday. We had a cake after lunch and then a cake after dinner.
I made chocolate and then I made vanilla.
Is this okay what I'm doing right now?
So they all feel loose to me, but they're all all right.
They look all right to me, Dad. There's a little chip, but I don't know if that's from the incident.
That's normal to move a little bit?
Yes. Yes, it's normal to get a little bit of mobility. So we don't have to splint, but you're going to try to avoid chewing too many hard things on that. If you have an apple, have somebody help you chop it up, or you can do it yourself, and use your back teeth for a little while. Your brother came in and he had some trauma. The next thing he did, he went back and hit his teeth again. So don't make me put a shield all over your face. You avoid your brothers, all of them.
Especially Gideon. Especially Gideon. Yeah, we've just found out his name means destruction.
Destroy her.
Oh, I'm not surprised.
Lily, what do you think about that verdict?
Um, which one?
The dental one. Oh, you're gonna be okay?
Yeah.
You feel better now? Did you know it's not gonna be this terrible thing? Gotta take it easy on it. Don't bite that sucker. And how's the nap at the car?
I never took one.
All right, did you hold down the fort without tearing things up too much? That why the mic of it is off? You didn't adjust my seat crazy? How did we name him?
Gideon.
People live up to their names. Why didn't we look up what does Gideon mean? Destroyer. Waterproofing down. Hopefully the rain doesn't hold them up. Anyway, come here, let me see that helmet. Glad you're protecting your big old head. Putting the calf up from our most beautiful paddocks. Y'all stay put. One of the most beautiful views.
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