What are the symptoms of a wobbling incisor?

Possible complaints in the context of an incisor that wobbles are

Toothache is a common accompanying symptom of damage to the front teeth after a fall or accident. The blow on the tooth can irritate it and damage it so badly that even a light touch can cause severe discomfort.
The accident may also have injured the surrounding tissue, which then reacts accordingly. The gums are swollen and reddened and are very painful.
The surrounding tissues outside the mouth may also be swollen and injured, such as the nose and lips.
Inflammatory causes, such as periodontitis or gingivitis, are accompanied by the typical signs of inflammation. The tissue is red, swollen and painful. It is quite typical that cold drinks and food achieve a symptom relief and warm ones tend to worsen the symptoms.
Patients with wobbly incisors in case of inflammation often have bite problems, because the teeth are pressed into the inflamed tissue during any force application.
Wobbling milk incisors during the tooth change often do not cause the young patients any complaints.
Many children usually pull the nodding teeth themselves or they get stuck in the apple when biting.

Loose and mobile incisors can cause pain with very different pain qualities. The quality of the pain depends on the cause. In case of inflammatory causes such as gingivitis or periodontitis, the pain is a typical inflammatory pain.

The gums feel thick and warm and chewing can cause strong pulsating and dull pain. It is concise that cold food and drinks relieve the pain, while hot coffee or a soup aggravate the discomfort. After a fall, blow or accident, the quality of the pain is different.

The surrounding injured tissue triggers a wound pain that is burning. The incisor itself can cause a pulsating, throbbing pain when chewing due to the impact, because the nerve is damaged. This is called root inflammation (pulpitis).

The nerve dies. In this case, only a root canal treatment can achieve symptom relief. Wobbly incisors are normal in children aged about 5 to 6 years and in no way caused by disease.

The incisors wobble and loosen until they fall out, as the following permanent incisor takes its place. The loosening is due to the fact that the root of the milk incisor is resorbed, which means that it is dissolved. As a result, the milk tooth no longer has a hold because the root is no longer there to anchor the tooth in the tooth bed and it loosens.

The lower middle permanent incisors break through at the age of 6 years, in the upper jaw only a little later at about 7 years. The milk front tooth becomes so loose when the permanent tooth pushes to the surface that the young patients can often pull it themselves without the help of a dentist. The following tooth then emerges through the gum to the surface and takes the place of the milk tooth, which was previously considered a placeholder.

In general, the dentist does not need to be consulted, unless there are complaints that last longer. The child may try to wiggle the milk tooth itself without using force in order not to damage the teeth and gums. However, if the growth of the teeth is not normal and the milk teeth prevent the permanent teeth from breaking through, it is recommended to go to the dentist. If you have any questions or are unsure, you should consult your dentist or an orthodontist, who will be able to recognize the growth situation of the teeth and any growth disorders at an early stage and will then take therapeutic action to prevent milk teeth from having a negative effect on the growth of permanent teeth in the first place.