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

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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!)

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

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

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.

DS lost most of his by eating bread rolls

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.

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

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

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.

thanks guys - that makes me feel better

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

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

How are they today?

Still there?

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.

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.

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!).

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.

Ahhhhhhhhhh

I would ring dentist to ask them IMHO

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

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.

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

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.

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).

thanks for your help by the way

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

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

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.