What to do when a 5 year old child has a toothache

5-year-old children with toothache, considering that it may be gingivitis, milk teeth caries, milk teeth periapical inflammation, milk teeth trauma and other factors, need to carry out local treatment, fillings, root canal treatment, extraction of the affected teeth and other treatments.
1. Local treatment: 5-year-old children have poor self-cleaning ability and poor oral hygiene, which may lead to plaque and tartar stimulation of the gums resulting in inflammation of the gums and pain, you need to go to the hospital by the doctor to use a scaler or scraper to clean up the irritating factors and apply iodized glycerine on the gums for anti-inflammatory and pain relief.
2. Dental filling: 5-year-old children with dental pain may also be milk teeth in caries or deep caries, resulting in pain, you can go to the stomatology department to use a high-speed turbine to thoroughly clean up the decayed tooth tissue, and then use glass ions and other materials for filling and restoration.
3. Root canal treatment: The caries of milk teeth progresses quickly, and due to the large pulp cavity of milk teeth, the caries of teeth can easily lead to infection of the pulp leading to pulpitis or apical periodontitis, which makes the teeth have spontaneous severe pain, and need to be treated by a professional dentist to carry out root canal treatment.
4. Extraction of the affected tooth: If a 5-year-old child has pain from trauma to the mandibular or maxillary anterior teeth, and the tooth is obviously loose and cannot be retained, the affected tooth can be considered for extraction to prevent the permanent embryo from being affected.