If a 5-year-old child has loose teeth, it may be during the replacement period if it is a baby front tooth, and if it is not a baby front tooth, we should see if the looseness is caused by dental disease. Should go to the regular hospital for a careful examination.
1. Teething: this is a normal phenomenon, children’s milk and permanent teeth alternating period is generally 6 years old, if it is the front teeth loose may be to grow permanent teeth, need to eat something a little hard, to stimulate the eruption of permanent teeth.
2. Dental disease: If it is not a loose anterior teeth, and loose molar teeth, look at the color of the teeth, if it is dark with cavities, crown incomplete and mutilated, it may be caries, if the caries is not big can be removed to fill the decay, if the caries is large, apical inflammation is serious, look at the value of retention and extraction. This situation, must go to the regular dental hospital for treatment.