Mums calls for ‘idiotic’ playground game ‘bump’ to be banned after son’s teeth were smashed out in face-plant video
A MUM has called for an “idiotic” playground game to be banned after her son’s front teeth were smashed out.
The youngster was “bounced off the ground” in the new trend called “bump” and launched into the air on a tennis net before crashing to the floor.
His mum, Donna Fear, has shared the clip of Tyler smacking into the ground to warn other kids not to take part.
Adding: “He’s devastated, absolutely devastated. He knows he’s been an idiot.
“I would say to other kids ‘just watch his video and see if you want to try that yourself’.
“It may be funny at the time, I would have probably done it at his age, but I just want to warn others and say don’t do it.
“These kind of games spread around schools fast. It would pain me to see anybody else go through the same.”
The shocking video shows six boys throwing Tyler into the air about six-feet before he face-plants the tarmac and send his glasses flying.
After landing ‘straight on his mouth’, the schoolboy was taken to Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Lancashire, where he waited four hours for a jaw x-ray.
While he hadn’t broken any bones, it confirmed one of his front teeth had been knocked clean out from the root.
‘HE KNOWS HE’S BEEN AN IDIOT’
Among other injuries, the schoolboy has suffered severe bruising to his face and mouth, leaving him unable to eat properly.
Donna said: “He’d done it once and landed on his feet, but the b****y idiot did it again.
“He has smashed his face up. He landed straight on his mouth without putting his hands down because his finger got stuck in the net.
“He’s knocked one of his front teeth clean out from the root. His other tooth is only half there and it’s like it’s been cut diagonally with crinkly scissors.
“His face and all his lips are swollen, his chin’s all bruised and his hands are grazed.
“He’s struggling to talk and keeps slathering. He’s probably lost half a stone since Monday because he can’t eat properly.”
Tyler has now been off sick for four days and has been told he will need a denture fitted when the swelling goes down – as the NHS will not fund a dental implant.
He faces a future with the removable teeth until he can afford a more permanent solution.
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“I’m absolutely gutted that the dentist want to give him a plate, like a false tooth, and they won’t do anything else.
“The NHS are not obliged to [give him an implant] because it was an accident.
“They did put the tooth in some milk, but it was only after we came back from the x-ray four hours later they said if it had been the first couple of hours they could have slotted it back in.”
Last year we told how schools warned parents about the addictive game of Fortnite, and the effect it had on children.
And parents were also warned about an online “strip challenge” for the video game.
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