I had to take my 10 year old to dentist yesterday his adult teeth are coming through his gums but he still has

Question

his baby teeth which are quite strong and show no signs of moving ,there are three teeth coming through on his botton jaw and it's causing him real pain the dentist suggested some calpol and try and wiggle them a bit to slacken them off ,this is the first trouble he's had with his teeth no filling or nothing.He could pull them if they become unbarable but really doesn't want to give him an anestetic to pull them ,has any one got any ideas how to help

Answer 1

I know this situation well, it started with my youngest daughter when she was 11, she is now 16 and we are still having problems. The dentist refused to remove the baby teeth that were actually being pushed out and in some cases broken by her adult teeth as he had a policy of not removing healthy teeth and all the baby teeth were healthy... just not coming out in time for her adult teeth.
I keep oil of cloves in the house all the time to rub on her gums and disprol medicine to help with the pain, we wiggle her teeth regularly to encourage them to come out. However, we have also had to drive 30 miles on several occasions to see an emergency dentist during holidays, weekends etc, when an adult tooth has actually broken a baby tooth in half and we have had to have the other half removed. Chewing gum sometimes helps t encourage the teeth to come out, but apart from that, i can only offer my experiences as a mother. I must say, i found the entire situation very frustrating. I hope you and your son have a better experience. xxx

Answer 2

Changing teeth can be painful for some kids. Because there is a lot of pressure from his adult teeth pushing his baby teeth and there are nerves in there too, of course. You dentist wanting to pull them out w/out any anesthetic is cruel for a small boy,he should give something, maybe just to numb the gums. Has he lost other teeth already? Let him wiggle the ones that still have to come out, even when they still feel stuck. For him it might feel as there is no motion, but I did that as a kid, just because I wanted to loose them in class on purpose. ;) Most of the time they'll come out eventually. If they really need help of a dentist, ask a child friendly dentist.

Answer 3

I had a very similar problem when I was younger & there wasnt enough room for my adult teeth to come through. I never had any fillings etc as a kid but had regular check ups. My denist used to take a tooth out every so often to allow the adult ones to come in straight. If he hadnt done that I would have had squint teeth & needed braces. Apart from pain killers meantime & a local anaesthetic at the dentist I dont think there is much else to be done

Answer 4

My son is 7 and he lost his top baby teeth before the Adult teeth came in, but not his bottoms, they came in behind his baby teeth and they were not loose. The dentist had to pull the bottom front 2 baby teeth. If your sons tooth is loose it could be worked out by you it shouldn't effect the new adult tooth but you will need to get the baby tooth out. Work with it and see if you can get it loose enough to get it out within a week or so, of you can't I think you will have to have a dentist pull it. I hope this helped.

Answer 5

If u don’t allow to use anesthesia the pain would be just intolerable for the kid, so if u want the teeth to remove let that be. By the time the effect of anesthesia gets reduce you can use some painkiller , but better take the advise of a dentist

Answer 6

I would also get a second opinion!! I work for an oral surgeon and we remove baby teeth for the same reason all the time. We use oral sedation, IV sedation, N2O or just use a local for the procedure. I am not sure why your dentist does not want to sedate your child(health reasons??) but I would see a different dentist.

No one wants to see their child in pain and it sound like your is so I would definitely find another dentist or oral surgeon!!

Good Luck!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Get a second opinion. They can pull baby teeth with a local and those baby teeth will damage the adult teeth if they don't come out. My daughter had 4 teeth pulled - no regrets, her adult teeth are perfect.

Answer 8

Sorry I haven't got a suggestion but this is natural and you should keep giving him (junior) pain killers. My son is also ten and had the same problem - he had at least two rows of teeth at one time. Two back ones had to be removed.

Answer 9

Your dentist's advice is the best. He is trained, we are not.