What to do when a child’s tooth is loose and won’t fall out

Children with loose teeth that do not fall out should be divided into two cases: milk teeth and permanent teeth. Loose milk teeth can be observed or extracted according to the situation, while loose permanent teeth need to strengthen the hygiene and be treated with medication after consultation.
1. Loose milk teeth
It is likely to be the stage when the permanent teeth are gradually replacing the milk teeth. At this time, parents do not need to panic, if the child does not have a fever, oral abnormalities, etc. can continue to observe, depending on the circumstances of the extraction of loose milk teeth, or wait for its own fall.
If the loose teeth do not fall off, and chewing obstacles, stimulate the surrounding mucous membrane tissue caused by oral gum discomfort, can consider taking the initiative to remove.
2. Loose permanent teeth
Children with loose permanent teeth, bleeding around the gums, edema, this time to consider the possibility of periodontitis. This means that the inflammation in the gum area has invaded the deep tissues of the periodontium.
At this time you need to strengthen oral hygiene, avoid oral impurity, aggravate the inflammation stimulation. At the same time, we should go to the stomatology department to carry out the appropriate scaling surgery, medication, remove the cause of the disease, to prevent further deepening of the inflammation.