How to pull a baby tooth out at home without pain
The change of primary teeth to molars begins by six to seven years. Often the process is accompanied by discomfort, so the child has a desire to quickly get rid of a loose tooth. If there are no pathologies and complications, help the baby overcome stress and parents can pull out a milk tooth at home without pain. It is necessary to objectively assess the condition of the tooth and gums, make sure that there are no contraindications for the procedure, and correctly observe all safety precautions without exception.
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How to determine if a baby’s tooth can be pulled out at home
Before deciding in favor of pulling out a tooth for a child on his own, it is necessary to find out whether it is possible to do without a dentist, whether it will be justified and safe. A thorough examination of the oral cavity will help to understand whether a child can pull out a tooth without pain at home. You need to produce it in bright light, it is better to use a table lamp. The small patient should be comfortably seated, asked to close his eyes and not move.
First, the condition of the gums is assessed at the site of the future procedure. If the gum is red, swollen or swollen, you cannot tear the tooth yourself - the procedure will be more painful than that of a doctor. Also, in no case should you remove the tooth at home, if it has cracks or caries - it is better to consult a dentist.
Milk teeth are torn out at home only if the gums near them are slightly loose and have a natural color. To determine the mobility of milk atavism, you can lightly press it and shake it.
It is not painful to pull out a tooth only if it is completely ready for loss, otherwise the child may be harmed.
The consequences of premature deciduous tooth extraction
Milk teeth have weak roots, which gradually dissolve. When the dissolution process reaches the root neck, a temporary temporary natural loss occurs and a permanent tooth erupts in its place. The stronger the milk tooth staggers, the more painless and safer it will be to extract it. It is by the degree of shakiness that one should determine whether a child can tear out a tooth at home.
Doctors do not recommend pulling out baby teeth ahead of time without urgent need. This involves several risks:
- Curvature. A scar will form on the gum at the extraction site, and adjacent teeth will shift. This will lead to the fact that it will be difficult for a new permanent incisor or molar to break through a healed gum under conditions of space deficiency. A consequence of this growth may be curvature.
- Damage to the molar. The rudiments of permanent incisors, fangs and molars are located under the roots of the milk teeth, which dissolve before falling out. Removing a temporary tooth before resorption of the root neck, and even at home, is fraught with damage to the permanent rudiment.
- Malocclusion. With early removal, in most cases, an incorrect bite is formed, which subsequently has to be corrected at the orthodontist.
- Displacement of the jaw row, down to the wisdom teeth.
Contraindications to extraction at home
Deep caries
It is not always permissible to pry a baby tooth out at home. There are two contraindications - the tooth’s unwillingness to remove and the presence of diseases. In the first case, you do not need to do anything radical, you just have to wait until the “milkman” starts to stagger more and falls out on its own or is ready to be removed.
In the case when the teeth of the children are pulled out due to advanced caries, a visit to dentistry is inevitable. Caries destroyed by a caries can crumble under any influence. Only a dentist with sufficient experience and special tools can pull out a tooth completely and do it painlessly.
The psychological preparation of the child
Getting rid of milk atavisms is an important event in the life of a child. In what light it will be perceived by him, and how he will bear the stress accompanying natural loss or pulling out at home depends on the mood of the parents. It will be easier to persuade the baby to pull out a tooth at home without pain, if he will wait with joy for this event.
It is worth telling the little fairy tale about the good Tooth Fairy, who is waiting for the day when she can exchange a gift for a fallen tooth. Other fairy tales are also suitable, at the end of which a prize awaits the child. You should adhere to a few more recommendations immediately before removing the milk tooth:
- Do not talk about the upcoming event in the presence of the future patient.
- Prepare for the procedure in a calm atmosphere, without betraying your own anxiety.
- Do not scold the child. If he is afraid that it will hurt, it is better to transfer the procedure to another day.
- Do not attach too much importance to the removal, all manipulations must be performed as something ordinary.
- Talk in a cheerful tone, joke, offer toys and in every way distract the patient.
How to get rid of a baby tooth without surgery
If the tooth has just started to stagger, it means it is not going to fall out yet - it is necessary to show patience and wait, especially if the “milk jug” does not cause discomfort to the child. If the tooth is already very loose, it is necessary to help him leave the hole. There are simple effective ways to painlessly get rid of deciduous teeth at home without pulling out:
If the process of loosening has just begun, it is worthwhile for several days to give the child a gnaw on solid fruits and vegetables. To loosen a tooth at home, you can use carrots, hard varieties of pears or apples. There are no contraindications to this type of tooth extraction at home.- The child can independently loosen the tooth with his tongue. It is necessary to tell the baby to stagger him in different directions. In the process of cleaning the oral cavity, special attention should be paid to the staggering tooth and lightly press on it with a brush.
A strongly loosened cutter can be pulled out painlessly by wrapping fingers with a sterile bandage and slightly rotating it clockwise. Efforts to tear out a tooth do not need to be applied - pressure should be applied very slightly. Usually the tooth is pulled out after a few minutes of such manipulations. If the reeling has not yet reached a maximum, or it was not possible to pull out the milk atavism at a time, rotation can be performed several times a day for several days.
Thread Removal Method
If the previous methods did not help, and the cranked tooth impedes the baby, you can pull it out with the help of a nylon thread. Apply this method very carefully, following the algorithm and remembering all the precautions. If you do everything right, you can tear out a baby’s milk tooth quickly and completely painlessly.
Training
To independently remove the baby’s milk tooth, you need to prepare everything you need:
- Sterile gauze or bandage.
- Kapron thread.
- Antiseptic.
- Cotton swabs.
Antiseptic and analgesia
When choosing an antiseptic for a child, in addition to age restrictions, it is necessary to pay attention to the taste and smell of the liquid.No matter how effective and useful the remedy is, it is almost impossible to make a child hold a medicine with an unpleasant taste or smell in his mouth. It is better to buy Chlorhexedine, this drug has no taste and smell, does not cause irritation of the mucosa.
The pain after the procedure can be removed with any children's pain medication. Suitable drugs based on ibuprofen and dipyrone. No need to wait until the tooth aches, it is better to give an analgesic before the procedure.
Algorithm
- Feed and drink the child (after removal, you will not be able to drink or eat). After eating, the baby should carefully clean and rinse his mouth.
- Wash your hands, put on sterile gloves and give the crumb anesthetic to remove the tooth with absolutely no pain.
- Wipe the surface of the removed cutter with a dry cotton pad, bandage or a soft paper towel. The surface must be completely dry.
- Cut 30 cm of nylon thread. Fold it in half and wrap the staggering tooth at the base. To prevent the thread from slipping, you need to tie it around the cutter 2-3 times, which will be removed. And to distract the baby from unpleasant thoughts, a small toy can be tied to the second end of the thread.
- Pull the thread sharply. Pull the thread sharply and quickly. The direction of the jerk should be opposite to the jaw. To painlessly pull out a tooth located on the upper jaw, you must pull sharply down. Accordingly, the teeth of the lower jaw are torn jerked up.
It is very important not to yank or pull the thread to the side. So you can not only damage the gums and hurt the child, but even break off the residual root. That is why the method of Tom Sawyer, also known as the “thread-door” method, is completely incorrect and has a high invasiveness.
Final procedures
The danger of any dental manipulation is a slight infection of the operation site. A bleeding wound forms at the site of removal, it is extremely important to prevent bacteria from entering it. After tooth extraction, you immediately need to put a cotton swab with an antiseptic in its place, you need to remove it when the wound stops bleeding.
Carrying out even such a primitive procedure can go with complications. If during the extraction a piece of tooth breaks off and remains in the hole, the gum in the area of operation is swollen or bleeding, it is urgent to consult a dentist.
It will be possible to eat and drink after three hours after extraction, otherwise food particles can get into the bottom of the wound, which will provoke inflammation.
Self-removal of permanent molars
It is more difficult and traumatic to independently extract molars in an adult. This can be advisable only as a last resort - when a visit to dentistry is impossible for objective reasons. The vast majority of situations when it is necessary to tear out a molar tooth in an adult requires the intervention of a dentist and a preliminary x-ray, which will help assess the condition and depth of the roots, identify pathology and the possibility of tooth decay during pulling. Given this information, the doctor chooses the best tools and anesthesia.
At home, it is impossible to pull out a tooth to oneself without pain and negative consequences. It is permissible to resort to the procedure only if the tooth is already very loose.
Under no circumstances should you try to tear out a wisdom tooth or tear out damaged front teeth. Not knowing how to pull out a tooth, not having tools, not owning the right technology for first aid, teeth cannot be pulled categorically. Such actions can not only damage the enamel of neighboring molars, but also cause serious damage to the gums, which will lead to serious inflammation or bleeding, which is dangerous to human life.
A milk tooth can be pulled out at home and without pain, you just need to carefully follow the instructions and do everything calmly and accurately. But the pulling out of permanent incisors, fangs and especially molars should be carried out by a qualified specialist after studying the anatomical features of the tooth and the patient’s health status.
