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11 July 2006

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I guess I hit one of my teeth just right with a spoon earlier when I was eating some ice cream (all I can think of) and now I have a bit of a loose tooth. Not horribly painful but hard to eat for it. One of my canines (I think that is right) so it is close to the front and hard to avoid. Anything I can do to help it tighten back up or is it basically just be really careful for a few days?

post by: weretable and the undead chairs at: 16:33 | 10 comments

Go to the dentist.

Seriously.

Go to the dentist.

I could tell you scary dental stories.

I don't know if you have dental coverage, but either way you should go to the dentist.

posted by SassHat 11 July | 16:41

Dentist. It's the 21st century, there are things they can do now.

There's almost nothing you can do yourself.

Trust me on this.

posted by stilicho 11 July | 16:45

CALL THE DENTIST RIGHT NOW THIS VERY MINUTE.

There is a very real, and very definite possibility that the root will die and your tooth will turn BLACK, but NOT EVER fall out. Happened to TWO people I know.

CALL THE DENTIST RIGHT NOW.

posted by getoffmylawn 11 July | 17:04

I had a dead front toof when I was a little psho.

:(

posted by psho 11 July | 17:38

Definitely go to the dentist, ASAP. You don't want it to fall out and choke on it or swallow it. Plus, it could get infected. Too many bad things could happen. Dentist.

posted by jrossi4r 11 July | 19:01

Don't you have a tooth tightener available? I think they sell 'em at the local hardware store.

Dentists are for wimps.

posted by mullacc 11 July | 20:59

superglue!

posted by chrisroberts 11 July | 22:25

Drink lots of milk.

posted by Eideteker 11 July | 22:55

Does it wiggle? I'd say dentist too, but occasionally my right canine does that for a few days - and then returns to normal. Its very scary tho. My teeth move on occasion, still attached to braces on the inside (which it totally wanna get rid of but there isnt a dentist in the world who will remove them for me.)

posted by dabitch 12 July | 03:51

doorknob, string and an unfeeling sibling?

If it was good enough at six, it should be good enough at any age.

posted by bonehead 12 July | 08:40

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