My daughter has a space maintainer on the bottom. Where it meets her teeth in the front she has a loose tooth. there is a small lump behind the loose tooth, the lump is on either side of the wire from her spacer. It is causing her a substantial amountof pain. We can't get in to see our dentist because I beleive she is away on vacation, there is no mention of a dentist on call on the recording at our dentists office. She will probably not be back until next week at the earliest. My question is : Do I take her to the emergency room, or wait it out for the dentist. Is it safe if the wire from her spacer is cutting right into that lump? there is no open sore, it's not bleeding.
Help Please!!
Problems with my daughters space maintainer?
No, don't rush to the dentist. It sounds as if they dentist would remove it anyway due to the front tooth being loose and the tooth that they were maintaining space for is coming in!!!! Is it still cemented to tooth behind space? If it is, just try to wiggle it out to break the seal of cement.
Swishing with good ole fashioned warm salt water to will help area if it is inflammed. Orajel or ibuprofen; if needed.
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