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Help! Dd has 4 very wobbly teeth but one of them has gone black

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foxinsocks · 21/02/2006 18:38

2 of them are literally hanging on by their root (or whatever it is) and one of them (at the front) has started to go grey/black. Do I need to worry about this - these are her first wobbly ones?

oh and what's the going rate for the tooth fairy? (dd very excited about this!)

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foxinsocks · 21/02/2006 18:53

shamefully bumping before I go and yank out the really dangling tooth

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RTKangaMummy · 21/02/2006 18:54

Don't know about black teeth but £1 here per tooth

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foxinsocks · 21/02/2006 18:57

thanks RTKM

prob should have put tooth fairy in the title!

I'm hoping it's gone black because it's effectively dead and it's practically out of her mouth and isn't functioning as a tooth at all.

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RTKangaMummy · 21/02/2006 18:59

DS lost most of his by eating bread rolls

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foxinsocks · 21/02/2006 19:05

awww

although dd is excited about the tooth fairy, she's a bit apprehensive about losing her teeth - I think largely because quite a few seem to be going at once.

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RTKangaMummy · 21/02/2006 19:06

He wouldn't let us pull them even though they were hanging off with a thread

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charliecat · 21/02/2006 19:06

DDs once they had came away but hadnt come right out went grey..

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intergalacticwalrus · 21/02/2006 19:08

I had a black tooth as a child after falling over and putting it through the middle of my tongue (yuk) I think it goes black as the nerve in the tooth dies or something like that (may be wrong) When it fell out, I got a nice pearly white gnasher in its place, so your DD won't go round looking black toothed for the rest of her life.

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foxinsocks · 21/02/2006 19:47

thanks guys - that makes me feel better

I didn't yank the dangly one out in the end!

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SecondhandRose · 21/02/2006 19:48

Yep, it's a dead one if it's black.

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RTKangaMummy · 22/02/2006 16:55

How are they today?

Still there?

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Mistymoo · 22/02/2006 16:57

My ds has a black tooth too as a result of a bang. The dentist said it was because it was dead.

He also lost his first tooth today.

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foxinsocks · 22/02/2006 16:58

aww thanks for asking

The first tooth (the black one) fell out today in RE apparently (she has it in a little tissue)!

The one next to it is so wobbly it will either come out in tea or tomorrow I reckon.

Where the black one fell out, there is a little bit of greyness on top of the gum. I'm now wondering whether I should let the dentist see this or give it a few days. The gum doesn't look red or angry or anything.

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foxinsocks · 22/02/2006 17:00

tooth fairy visiting your house aswell then mistymoo

I (rather stupidly) felt a bit teary inside when I saw her. My little baby's first tooth (sob sob!).

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melissasmummy · 22/02/2006 17:00

fox, you are right, as it it so wobbley then there is now unlikely to be a nerve supply in that tooth, so it is dead. The tooth wont cause any pain for her, I wouldn't worry unless she is in discomfort with the gum around the tooth. Calpol or suchlike will help if that's the case.

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RTKangaMummy · 22/02/2006 17:01

Ahhhhhhhhhh

I would ring dentist to ask them IMHO

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melissasmummy · 22/02/2006 17:01

fox, the greyness may just be the top of the new tooth.

But if you are at all concerned see.ring your dentist for advice

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Kelly1978 · 22/02/2006 17:02

Do u think the greyness might be the adult tooth pushing under the gum? On a baby the gums can look grey where there is pressure.

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RTKangaMummy · 22/02/2006 17:02

I had a feeling baby teeth didn't have any nerves to them

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melissasmummy · 22/02/2006 17:04

Baby teeth come thru as a live object, so do have nerves in them RT, otherwise they would all look black as would be dead.

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foxinsocks · 22/02/2006 17:05

yes I wondered if it could be the new tooth but if you imagine the shape of the gum around a tooth, that bit is grey then there's a darker sort of black bit in the middle that looks like where the old tooth was hanging on (with the root or whatever it was).

As we have no NHS dentists around here anyway, I'll have to pay for the priveledge of getting it looked at so at least I might be able to choose a convenient appointment.

I think I'll give it another day or so just to see whether it goes away (now that the tooth has gone).

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foxinsocks · 22/02/2006 17:08

thanks for your help by the way

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RTKangaMummy · 22/02/2006 17:08

I am confused now cos DS had a filling and was drilled and didn't have any pain killers

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Mistymoo · 22/02/2006 17:09

Why would you have to pay a dentist to look at her teeth? Aren't children free?

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melissasmummy · 22/02/2006 17:10

RT, the nerve supply sits further down the root than it does on adult teeth, if it was a small cavity there would have been ne need for a local.

Fox, it could be part of the dead nerve, or maybe some hard dried blood. Good idea to give it a day or so.

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