Wiggling My Tooth?
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It could be loose because of poor gum health. Assuming you brush and floss, add an oral irrigator (waterpik) to your routine. The irrigator cleans below the gumline and often cleans out things that your flossing and brushing missed.
To use the irrigator, aim it at the gumline at a 45 degree angle...as if you were hosing out a street gutter...you can lightly touch your gumline to guide the irrigator tip along. If you have not done this before, your gums might bleed the first couple of times. Once your gums firm up, I suspect the tooth wiggling will stop.
At your next dentist visit, have the dentist measure your gum line to check for recession. If it is moderately recessed, some deep gum cleaning (the kind you can't do yourself) will help get the gum back in shape. If it is extremely recessed, you might need gum surgery...let's hope this is not the case.
Also, be sure to have your dentist check for any tooth decay or fractures...but so far, it sounds okay because you did not describe any tooth aches.
Don't get too depressed if you ultimately lose the tooth...you can get an implant. But do everything to avoid this scenario.
stop playing with it!!
duh!
try not 2 think about it
go to the dentist
Don't wiggle it. Get to a dentist and have them fix it.
go to the store and buy yourself a mouth guard to wear!
Just don't wiggle it. Think about something else, start a safer habit, and sit on your hands. May need to see a dentist, too.
First of all, don't wiggle it. That is just making it looser.
I'm not sure if you can get it to stay in, it is probably rotten or has been damaged. Think of it this way, you can get a silver or gold tooth! (If you don't want a silver or gold tooth you can get a normal looking one though)
deppressoin is coused by your health, life, braincells, and emotoins, not wiggly teeth, and is MUCH worse than thats. Go to the dentist and he'll fill in the gap
If ur too cheap to go to the dentist, SUPER GLUE! Jk, nope, dentist and leave it alone
it will not fall out if you don't keep waggling it.. see your dentict if your that worrid..
Um, all I can do is tell you that you should get to the dentist. But when adult teeth get loose then just don't touch it because they usually grow back into place.
I know what you're going through - I stressed over dental problems for a while too.
First, you need to see a dentist. If it's loose, there's a reason. There could be a cavity under the gumline that has consumed parts of the root, leading to looseness. If the cavity is that far, your at risk of transmitting the infection into your jaw, which is much more difficult to fix.
It's also possible that there are underlying conditions that this is signalling. You could be bruxing (grinding) at night without realizing it.
At any rate, your teeth are seated in a slightly flexible ligament, which can bend and flex to a very limited degree. Every time you move the tooth by wiggling it, you loosen it more. When a dentist extracts a tooth, that's all they do. We just wiggle it with a lot of force to create enough space between the root and the jaw to pull it out. You're doing the same thing more slowly.
But, you need to go to the dentist. They won't try to pull it - any good dentist will use extraction as the last possible resort. If your dentist decides to pull it without much investigation into the cause of the looseness, get yourself a new dentist.
The worst possible thing you can do right now is stay at home and wiggling it with your tongue and finger. You're sure to remove it sooner or later that way.
I'm an RDA at a local office. I suggest you leave the tooth as it is, stay away from bitting into hard things. Unfortunetly there is nothing to stop it from falling out. It seems you must have a gum problem, or severe bone loss. Look into getting a deep cleaning to prevent other teeth from falling out...For now take care of the ones you've got, floss deeply, and brush 2x a day. You don't want to lose more! Hope that helps!
A loose tooth is NOT a good sign. You should see a dentist immediately to know if the tooth can still be saved.
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