How to pry baby tooth at home?

In most children at the age of 5-6 years old, a tooth change begins, during which the milk teeth fall out and permanent ones erupt instead. As soon as the roots of the baby tooth have resolved and from the bottom it began to “push” the molar tooth, the tooth begins to stagger. It is good if he falls out on his own, but it happens that he staggers for quite a long time and is not in a hurry to fall out.

The best way out in such a situation would be to visit the dentist, but sometimes you cannot go to the doctor, so parents think about how to pull out a tooth for a child at home. When are such actions allowed at home, and when are they dangerous? And if it can be torn out, how to do it correctly? Let's see.

Only strongly loose baby teeth can be torn at home, since its roots have resolved. The more he staggers, the less painful his removal from the gums will be, so if you want to pull out a baby tooth at home, you will certainly have to wait for the time when he is already very hard to reel. Then the process of tearing the crumbs bring a minimum of discomfort.

• If you are trying to loosen a milk tooth, but it does not move, you will not be able to pull it out at home.
• You should also not remove it in a situation if its loosening with your hands is very painful for a child.
• While pulling out the gums should not bleed. If you notice the appearance of blood, the process of tearing should be stopped.
• If a child protests against pulling out a tooth at home and is afraid, you do not need to force him and try to manipulate with force.
• In no case should not try to pull out the molars at home. Due to the large and strong roots, this procedure should be carried out only in the dentist’s office.

Tell your child why he should be pulled out. Explain that this milk tooth has already completed its work, and a healthy and very beautiful new tooth will grow instead. You can resort to the story of the Tooth Fairy or a mouse that is waiting for a tooth and is ready to change it for a coin or sweetness. Your goal - a positive attitude of the child before the procedure and the absence of fear.

The easiest option to pull out a tooth at home is to entrust this task to the child. Ask your baby to actively shake his tongue or give the crumb some kind of solid food, such as a carrot or an apple. If the child does not manage to extract it independently, proceed as follows:

• Take a piece of sterile bandage or gauze.
• Grab a baby's tooth with a bandage.
• Sway it to the side.
• Gently pull it down (if it is on the upper jaw) or up (if it is the lower tooth), making twisting movements.
• Remove the separated tooth.
• Close the wound with a gauze pad and ask the child to bite it for a while.

How to remove a tooth yourself using threads can be seen in the next video.

Do not give the child food for two hours after tearing, allowing the wound to tighten well. Also, do not eat too hot for the next three days. The child can rinse his mouth with plain water or water with salt. At the same time warn the crumb that he did not touch the hole with his tongue. Take a hot bath on the day of pulling out the tooth is not recommended.

• To reduce pain during pulling out of the tooth at home, you can lubricate the gum next to it with anesthetic gel or give the child shortly before the procedure to drink an analgesic pill, for example, ibuprofen.
• If you take more than 5 minutes after tearing, and the blood continues to ooze from the wound, or a large amount of blood is immediately released, immediately go to the doctor with the child.
• If the first attempt to pull out a tooth does not work, do not torment the baby and do not try to repeat the manipulation again. It is better to wait a bit and move it to another day.