It's happenning right now, the dentist office is closed, and it hurts! What do I do??
2006-12-10 10:54:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I'm twelve and it's a baby tooth.
2006-12-10 11:00:23 · update #1
Pharmacy's closed, too.
2006-12-10 11:05:23 · update #2
THE DENTIST OFFICE IS CLOSED!!
2006-12-10 11:06:04 · update #3
If your parents have insurance, see if you can go to the emergency room at the hospital. If they can't pull it out for you, they might be able to write you a prescription for a strong painkiller or else give you painkillers at the hospital. I've done that before for a toothache when the dentist office was closed in the middle of the night.
-Also, I agree with the person that said pull it out yourself. I pulled out all my baby teeth, including molars, before I was 10. I'd pick a tooth and start wiggleing it for an hour or two. Eventually it became loose and I could pull it out and get my money from the tooth fairy. I used to do it when I was bored.
2006-12-10 17:19:02 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 19:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by fette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
welllll.... if your'e sure it's a baby tooth you could (gulp; i hate to say this) try to whip it out. basically, you'd dry off the tooth, make sure there's no saliva on it, grab it with fingers (or possibly use like dish gloves for traction) and pull while twisting. When it comes out, bite down on cotton for 30 min and take 1-2 ibuprofen tablets (motrin, advil etc)
If you can't do that, the ibuprofen is still a good bet. also, buy some Ora-jel or Anbusol to smear around it; this will help w/ the inflammation in the gums. Rinse with warm salt water a few times. soft cold foods either way you go.....
obviously if you can't get it out, see the dentist monday...
good luck!
2006-12-10 11:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by drswansondds 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get some oil of clove at the pharmacy and call the dentist tomorrow morning.
2006-12-10 10:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you need to go to the dentist and have it extracted before you get into more problems
2006-12-10 11:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Baby tooth or Adult tooth?
2006-12-10 10:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by Bobyns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drink lot of beer.
2006-12-10 10:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋