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Should I yank her tooth out?

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bloss · 31/03/2010 09:24

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HellBent · 31/03/2010 09:29

Try it when she is sleeping? I have done this before and it would have fallen out soon and was as wobbly as you describe. It hurt when he was eating and he didn't like it at all. He is on to his 5th one and pulls them out himself when they get too annoying!

throckenholt · 31/03/2010 09:48

we have with ours (we have 3 aged 7 and 8, so lots of experience recently ). They generally sit on my lap with me trying to hold them still and them screaming like a banshee, while dh tries to get a grip with a pair of pliers. When he finally gets a good grip and yanks (often doesn't need to it comes out so easily) the screaming stops immediately.

I think it is the anticipation that scares them more than the reality.

This is usually after them whinging constantly about how much it hurts or gets in the way.

HellBent · 31/03/2010 10:12

Eeek throckenholt you use pliers!? I only ever used my thumb and first finger and a teatowel to dry it and get a good grip

throckenholt · 31/03/2010 12:22

DH uses pliers (not me !!) - just seems easier to get a better grip.

izzybiz · 31/03/2010 12:26

You could be describing my Dd! She is only 5 and already has lost 5 baby teeth, she is terrible, will leave them and leave them, one had completely turned the wrong way round and she couldn't eat anything all afternoon, luckily it fell out while she was asleep!

She won't let anyone near them, she would go beserk, losing them at night means she has swallowed all but one, she has to leave notes for the tooth fairy!

Kathsunn · 31/03/2010 12:26

Just had the same problem with my ds. His tooth wasn't quite wobbly enough for me to pull out, so called dentist. The nurse did it the next day with a bit of numbing gel(no pain /no cost).

bobblehat · 31/03/2010 12:34

My ds had this with his front teeth. With one of them he could actually twist it almost 360 degrees, and it really got in the way when he was eating.

Asked my cousin who's a dentist about it, she wouldn't pull it out (we were at a family barbeque at the time, so maybe slightly unreasonable on my part) and she said the best thing was to get him eating apples.

Ds doesn't really do apples so DH pulled it out when he was in the bath the next night

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