SHE had to endure an agonising six-day wait for emergency dental work, after breaking two teeth when she was knocked down by a car.

Now, young Katie Brown is facing yet more pain, after it emerged her new teeth would have to be taken out and replaced for a second time.

As reported in The Press on Monday, 11-year-old Katie was left unable to eat or drink for six days, lost half a stone in weight, and even passed out as she waited to have her broken teeth replaced.

Katie was knocked down by a car in her home town of Pocklington on August 3, but did not receive emergency treatment until August 9. York Hospital said they did not provide general dental services, while two dentists were unable to administer a general anaesthetic.

Katie eventually had the teeth replaced without general anaesthetic at Leeds Dental Institute - but now she may have to undergo the painful ordeal all over again, because her mouth has rejected the new teeth, after infection set in while she was awaiting the treatment.

Katie was due to have X-rays done at York Hospital today, and on September 11 will meet the dentist who carried out the work.

Her mother, Louise Brown, said: "They're rotten underneath, and they're going grey and we think the roots have died."

She added: "When the dentist takes the other ones out, he needs to know what the other teeth are like, so she can fit the other ones in. The dentist said her teeth were overcrowded."

Ms Brown attributed the latest problem to the delay in treating Katie in the first place.

She said: "When I think about it logically, if they had done it straight away the infection would not have set in. I'm not a professional, but I feel that that's the reason. When we went to Leeds the dentist said he thought there was infection there, and he put her on antibiotics but they have not worked."

Ms Brown said the dentist had assured her that Katie would be given general anaesthetic when the teeth are replaced again.

She said: "Obviously she could not go through what she went through last time."