If a child’s teeth are loose at the age of eight, it is recommended to consult a doctor for extraction if it affects normal chewing or if it is followed by the eruption of permanent teeth.
If a child’s tooth is loose and affects normal chewing, or if a new tooth erupts and the baby tooth does not fall out in time (clinically known as retained baby tooth) and becomes loose; it is necessary to consult a doctor for extraction in time to avoid interfering with eating or secondary eruption of permanent teeth, which would result in crooked and irregular teeth.
When the above symptoms occur, the tooth should be extracted in time, i.e., after local anesthesia is applied to the tooth, the tooth can be removed completely with the help of extraction tools (e.g., extraction forceps or dental extractor); it is not advisable to remove the tooth on one’s own in order to avoid symptoms such as bleeding or infection.