What age do baby teeth start falling out? 5 year old fell and broke his tooth!!?

My son fell on his face and loosened two bottom teeth. The fall wasnt so bad and it was on carpet...didnt break the skin on his lip or anything. He cried and his teeth were bleeding. We applied ice and I gave him tylenol. Says his teeth hurt now...what do I do? Take him to ER? What can they do? Please help!!

What age do baby teeth start falling out? 5 year old fell and broke his tooth!!?
You might want to make an appointment with a dentist soon (like maybe next week). He'll probably be okay, and the teeth would fall out soon anyway, but what you DON'T want to happen is to inadvertantly compromise the baby tooth and have only most of it fall out, with a small amount still stuck in the gum. Also, a chipped tooth can raise the risk of a cavity and painful nerve damage.
Reply:my sister lost her first tooth at 6 but she just turned six so he should be close to loosing hes frist tooth soon, you should get it looked at but i think it will be fine
Reply:Don't take him to the ER, just call your local childrens dentist. It is okay, they were probably a bit loose to begin with if a fall loosened them. My oldest lost his first tooth about a month before he turned 5 and then proceeded to loose most of them in that year. He is 6 now and has lost all of his teeth that need to be lost. My 5 year old lost both of his bottom teeth about 3 months after turning 5 and his top are loose. No worries, just call the dentist as soon as you can and get him in, they will just want to make sure nerve damage did not occur. Good luck
Reply:Is his tooth actually broken? Is it just a small chip? Or did he just loosen some teeth?





They probably can't do much for you at the ER, but you need to get him to a dentist ASAP. Yes, his baby teeth will fall out. But he probably has two years to go, and damage (infection, root damage, etc) to his baby teeth can affect his permanent ones.
Reply:try a dentist rather than the er but a lot of kids start losing their at around 6-7(have one son and 2 step sons all over 7)
Reply:I would call a pediatric dentist, but kids can lose their teeth at 5. My son lost 2 at once when he was 5 1/2. I was also concerned when he went for his regular cleaning, but the dentist assured me that losing teeth at that age is FINE! He is about to lose 2 more, and he isn't 6 yet.



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