Pete has a permanent tooth coming down next to his baby tooth, instead of right down on top of it in order to push it out. The baby tooth refuses to budge. On Wednesday our dentist said that if it's not out (or hanging by a thread) in two weeks, she's yanking it. She told him, and I quote, "Eat lots of sticky candy on Halloween!" I said, "Like Snickers?" She said, "Snickers should do it." I love our dentist.
Well, several Snickers later, plus a caramel apple and countless Milky Ways, still no need to phone the Tooth Fairy. I think it's time to call in the Starburst brigade.
Dots are very sticky--got any of those? Good luck.
Posted by: Margaret | November 01, 2009 at 09:45 PM
Isn't it the permanent tooth coming in on top of the baby tooth that makes it loose in the first place? I actually had a permanent tooth grow in THROUGH a baby tooth and had to have the baby tooth pulled in pieces around it by a dentist! Anyway, I have a hunch the dentist will need to help things along! (Probably wouldn't use the word "yank" in Pete's presence, though!) :o)
Posted by: Tonya | November 01, 2009 at 09:50 PM
Laughy Taffy is the key. Or at least, it pulled out a filling for me a few years ago.
Posted by: Deborah | November 01, 2009 at 10:25 PM
once when I was in grade school, I had a loose-ish molar that was bugging me. I wasn't squeamish about such things, so I went to the boy's room, took a paper towel and yanked it with my fingers. (Paper helps the grip.) Ten minutes later, after staunching the blood, I realized I'd pulled the wrong one. True story.
Good luck, P-dog.
Posted by: scott | November 01, 2009 at 10:40 PM
What' with the little patterned squares next to the commenters? Do I get one?
Posted by: Susan | November 02, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Cool!
Posted by: Susan | November 02, 2009 at 11:20 AM
My younger son had this happen on two teeth, the pointy ones, I think. It really hurt him, too - but the dentist said that the new tooth would push the baby tooth out just fine, and it did... and the adult tooth moved into the perfect spot, which I was afraid wouldn't happen.
Posted by: Alissa | November 02, 2009 at 11:35 AM
The best candy for pulling out fillings (at least for me) is salt water taffy and pure caramel cubes. Works every time. Salt water taffy - 10 cents for a piece in Maine (The Goldenrod) - $1,000 dental bill for porcelein onlay.
Posted by: Stephanie | November 02, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Sugar Daddy! The Sugar Daddy is the Mack Daddy of filling/deciduous tooth removal, at least based on my personal experience. It's so much stickier than most normal caramel that NASA has been using it as a Space Shuttle heat-resistant tile adhesive for years now.
Posted by: Elisson | November 02, 2009 at 10:09 PM