Got hit across the mouth when I was 8 years old. Was playing catcher in our neighborhood court, when a young batter swung, hit the ball and released the bat over her shoulder, hitting me right across the mouth. Lost half of my front left tooth, and had 5 stitches sewn in my upper lip. Have never forgotten it. That was 1964. That tooth was capped, recapped, capped again, then crowned, recrowned, and crowned a third time. Could have been worse. Hope the young player gets on with little to no long-term damage/scarring.
The exact same thing happened to me,only I
was a bit older.
Was in the Army getting ready to be sent to
VN when a dental check at Bragg found I
had massive infection from a lousy hometown dentist.