{"id":20284,"date":"2020-07-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dentaly.org\/us\/?page_id=20284"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:04:43","slug":"pull-your-tooth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dentaly.org\/us\/oral-health\/pull-your-tooth\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Pull Your Own Tooth: Risks, Methods, and Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering how to pull your own tooth?<\/strong> Well, stop right there! Unless you are a kid and have a baby tooth that is begging to come out, and you\u2019re reading this article with your legal guardian, you should not pull your own tooth!<\/p>

And even if it is a baby tooth, you should let it fall out on its own.<\/p>

The risk of infection, not to mention the immense pain, is so high that a trip to the dentist is necessary to ensure that your other teeth and overall health remain intact<\/a>.<\/p>

Who knows, maybe the dentist can save the tooth you think needs to be removed! So let\u2019s look at the reasons why a tooth might need removing, how to do it at home, and the reasons why you shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>

Before we dive in, if you need immediate dental advice and a struggling to get in to see a dentist, you can get free advice from a qualified dentist 24\/7 with Denteractive<\/a>.<\/p>

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When does a tooth need to be pulled?<\/h2>

Humans have two sets of teeth in their life. The first set, baby teeth, become loose naturally and usually fall out on their own, which means they don\u2019t really need to be pulled.<\/p>

Sometimes the teeth can hang around for a few weeks before coming out and at this point, many children will try to help the process along by pushing on it with their fingers and tongue.<\/p>

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The video on this page<\/a> features an ADA dentist who explains how to pull a child\u2019s tooth properly.<\/p>

As you can imagine, the conversation when it comes to adult teeth is quite a bit different. Adult teeth aren\u2019t meant to come out, but may need to come out if one of the following occurs:<\/p>