How can I calm my daughter's fears about pulling baby teeth?

Question

My daughter has a VERY loose tooth but she refuses to eat anything that might aggrivate it. She's more focused on the pain she will feel and seems to not care abut the tooth fairy at all. Her friends have all lost teeth and most have their big teeth coming in. I told her I am going to make an appointment with the dentist and she cried. Is there another way? Her adult tooth is already out and is ready to take position so all we need to do is get that tooth out! Help.

Answer 1

The tooth will fall out on it's own. Don't make it out to be a big deal and she won't either. If you think that there is something wrong with her teeth than take her to the dentist but don't tell her that she's going until the last possible moment. She will only worry nonstop about the upcoming appt.

Answer 2

Tell her that she has some food stuck between her teeth and you need to floss it for her.  Then wrap the floss around the tooth and give a tug.

Answer 3

Tell her to play with it with her tongue. It'll fall off eventually, and she won't feel it. That's what my parents told me, and it worked.

Answer 4

It will fall out by itself.  At some point, she'll be eating something and it will just pop out.

Answer 5

tell her the dentist will not hurt her..explain to her the procedure b4 going to the dentist,tell her the dentist will put somethin like candy on her teeth and she will not fell the pain when the dentist pull her teeth

Answer 6

make it a game. tell her that the winner(her) will get a suprise if she pulls it out, or tell her how much a big girl she will be if she does this. I ran out of ideas after that, :)

Answer 7

My daughters are the same way and the best thing I can tell you is to let it fall out on its own. That's what I had to do with my daughters. And it did come out while they was at school. But the best thing to do is what you think is best

Answer 8

Daughter was terrified of dentists.

We made an appointment together. She cried all the way in, but I went in the chair first. You may just have them do a cleaning, but I had a tooth filled, complete with needles and drilling . . . she sat and watched. After a while she began getting closer, watching closer . . . . when I got out of the chair, she climbed right in and they did a cleaning. From then on, she was good to go any time we made an appointment.

She was 5.

You need to set this one down and get her over the tooth and dentist fear, best thing you can do for a child's health.

Answer 9

I think there is a "Charlie and Lola" book about this that is good---call your library and see if they have any loose tooth books.

You could also tell her that the wiggling hurts but it doesn't hurt when it comes out...

Answer 10

Pull it when she is sleeping tonight, she won't even feel it.

Answer 11

Tell her it's the dentist or the apple.

Answer 12

My son is the same way, I do put some ambesol on it so he can eat.  You could take her to the dentist to have it removed or if it's really ready to come out and she won't trust you to touch it  because she thinks you will pull it - how about a grandparent or aunt/uncle to try to pull it out.

We did that with my niece - I ended up pulling the tooth and she then realized that it didn't hurt much and now she's much easier but she wouldn't let her mom try.

Answer 13

Tell her is has to come out or it can fall out on her own and she might chock on it. Maybe you can call one of her friends on the phone and ask them together if losing her teeth hurt.