Boy left with teeth pushed into nose after horror accident on hotel waterslide
22.01.2022 - 02:43
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A young boy's holiday turned into a horror show when he fell from a hotel waterslide and ended up with his front teeth pushed into his nose.
Louis Richards,from Bridgend, had jetted off for a week-long family getaway in Antalya, Turkey, with his mum, nan, and his cousin.
However, just two days into his vacation, the 13-year-old suffered serious injuries while playing at the pool with some friends, Wales Online reports.
Mum Kelly Griffiths said: "It was about 5.30pm and I'd headed back up to my room so I could shower before tea, and that's when the kids my son had been at the pool came up to the room and said 'Louis' knocked his front teeth out'," she said.
"Louis and some other kids had been climbing up the waterslide after the water had been turned off. His friend had made it up and had reached out his hand to pull Louis but he couldn't grab it and fell flat on his face.
"His cousin Mason had carried him to the showers and there was blood everywhere. When I got down there they were already rushing him through in to the doctors room at the hotel and 40 mins later we were on our way to hospital."
Kelly continues the story: "We eventually were sent to the emergency dentist where he was seen by an oral surgeon. His teeth had been pushed all they way up into his nasal cavity, so it looked like he had a broken nose."
Thanks to her former job, Kelly was well aware of what was at risk.
She said: "Having been a dental nurse, I knew exactly how bad this could be, and it only made me worry more. These were his adult teeth so I knew he was at risk of losing them."
Louis was operated on there at the dental surgery, and had his teeth repositioned and splinted, all whilst he was awake.
Kelly said: "They gave him five injections of local