Dental Health Forum - loose tooth

Hi, I got smacked in the face a few days ago (I'll skip the details). It wasn't hard enough to bruise, but my nose is still a little sore, and my front teeth were sore the first couple of days. Today I noticed that my front two teeth can move if I push and pull on them - only slightly. They got a little sore again when I noticed and played with them a bit (just to see if they were in fact moving and it wasn't my imagination - i didn't wiggle them too much). I'm wondering if this is something I need to worry about - if I'm gonna lose my teeth - or if they will tighten up and heal on their own if I don't mess with them. I don't have dental insurance and I'm pretty broke, so I don't want to go to the dentist just for him/her to tell me to leave alone and they'll heal on it's own. Thanks for reading and I appreciate your advice!

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TMJWorld

replied on May 14th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

these will tighten up and heal on their own---just leave them be

prdent1

replied on May 14th, 2008

Supporter

Iam a dentist and on this cases if those are your permanent teeth it is very important to take an xray from the area and more important if the teeth are movable ,xray are to see if the nerve is not smashed , those teeth need to be temporarily fixed and vitality test need to be perform so go to your dentist as soon as you can

prdent1

replied on May 14th, 2008

Supporter

tmddyan are u a dentist?

talulinator

replied on May 14th, 2008

New User

Hey thanks for your posts. If my nerve was smashed (sounds brutal!), wouldn't it hurt? It's a little sore, but honestly that could just be my anxiety about it - I tend to be that way. When I say I can't afford the dentist, I mean like seriously like I'd have to wait till next month and then go to the dentist instead of pay rent, and that would make me very unhappy, especially if a dentist says my teeth are fine, and then charges me $500. What if I just wait to see if it changes? I also have always clenched my teeth at night and have TMJ pretty bad - can't that also cause loose teeth? I feel like the little wiggle is a familiar feeling I may have ignored before and just forgot about.

prdent1

replied on May 16th, 2008

Supporter

if the nerve was crushed you wouldn't feel nothing because it die but later you will have symptoms like bone loss ,tooth discoloration,pain and with time tooth loss I think if you go to your dentist and ask only for an xrays of that tooth and no more treatment you will be paying no more than $30 and with this you can know what is the status of that tooth ,if you do nothing you can finish loosing the tooth and is a front tooth ! people dont understand that as soon you receive the treatment it will cost less because if you loose it you will be paying more for a prosthesis.
get a check it is your health ,we pay for other things like fast foods ,beauty salon ,carwashes,sometimes we bought things that we never use, and we forgot that beeing healthy is more important .....prevention is the key of money saving

MaxedOut

replied on November 6th, 2009

New User

Don't bother going to the dentist. The nerve will either die or it won't. The dentist can't do anything about that. If your teeth feel normal, only a little sore, the nerve is okay so far. When the nerve dies the tooth feels numb and will change colors, usually to gray. Then you'll probably have to have a root canal. But, you don't need to go to the dentist until then. Sometimes the nerve will start to die, ie. the tooth will start to discolor, and the tooth will be slightly loose, and then everything will turn around and you'll be fine. I know someone this happened to. Just wait it out and leave it alone. Only go to the dentist if the tooth is gray and numb.

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