My daughter has a very loose tooth next to her front teeth . When it wiggles, there is a small hole, where it SEEMS the root of the baby tooth is piercing out of ther gums! I ve called the dentist but they are on vacation until Monday, which is 4 days! The emergency answering service has yet to return my calls, ugh for at least 5 hours now!! Any suggestions to go to another dentist, or waiting until Monday to have it xrayed, or try and take the tooth out?? Her gums are definitely inflamed and hurts her, yet she is able to eat and play normally......i can help her brush her teeth and use kid mouth wash in the meantime.....any advice would be appreciated!
Hello & welcome, If you can see the root of baby or deciduous tootChatDoctoring out of the gingival, then that particular tooth is close to shedding or exfoliation. If gingival is inflamed, there might be slight infection in it that can be treated with the use of Antibiotics & painkillers by your dentist only. Usually, such naturally exfoliating teeth don't require to be removed by dentist unless creating problems like in the case of your daughter. If the root is pointing out of the gums then it may be hurting opposing tissue along with the gum. So, best advise here will be not to wait for 4 days. Just approach another dentist & get that tooth extracted as soon as possible before it creates severe discomfort or injures surrounding tissue. Simply removal of the deciduous tooth will suffice in this condition. Take care.