My daughters tooth is hanging by a string

[AlCzervik]

and she won't let me pull it out and i want to so bad!!!!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Have you tried the old standby

Of putting a string on her tooth, tying it to the doorknob and closing the door? Will she even let you near her for that?

[AlCzervik]

2. She runs if she hears me moving

she's locked herself in the bathroom.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Maybe she's wiggling it and trying to pull it herself

I hope there's progress on the front soon!

[AlCzervik]

5. she is, it's her last baby tooth and she wants the joy of removing

it herself. Selfish child!!!!!

[sniffa]

7. i stiLL have quite a few baby teeth

at age 29. of course, it heLps i was born without the aduLt teeth in those spots.

[AlCzervik]

8. Wow, my neighbors kid was born without her 2 adult fron teeth

i never even knew that was possible until i met her. She said she would have to get implants.

[sniffa]

9. supposedLy

they're aLL gone faLL out someday... and then i'LL be a freeper by defauLt. :cry:

but, i stiLL have 'em for the time being. :D

[stellanoir]

4. That would be a no longer operative nerve.

Encourage her to play with it herself, cause the worse case scenario is that it might lodge in her throat overnight. If it's really that loose, it's probably gonna go before sundown anyhow. You don't want to traumatize the dear girl.

No, I'm not a dental practioner, just a Mom who's had alot of dental issues.

Clove oil can really numb the pain but might be a little intense for a kid. There are also wondrous curative elixers for dental issues that are homeopathic.

Good luck to both of you.

[sniffa]

6. give her an appLe

i feLL for that trick. the tooth is coming out in the first bite.

[KurtNYC]

10. Maybe she is hoarding those stem cells

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/64/72190.htm

The tooth fairy may be getting a bargain. There are valuable stem cells in lost baby teeth.
...
Researchers are on the verge of being able to use stem cells in the brain, pancreas, heart, and other organs to repair damage caused by disease. The big problem is where to get the cells. There's already interest in harvesting stem cells from a baby's umbilical cord and storing them away as an insurance policy against future disease or injury.

Now it looks as though there's another source of these precious cells. Maybe the tooth fairy knew it all along. But it took a research team lead by Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, to find out her secret. They report their findings in the April 21 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

:-)

[MadHound]

11. I still have teeth falling out of my head

I still carry all of my wisdom teeth, be blessed with the big mouth to house them all. Occaisionally one of them will fall out, and then another will grow back in to take it's place. Rather odd, but hey, I'm an odd fellow to begin with.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Give her a tootsie roll! That is how mine came out!!!