Your kids are quite capable of pulling their own teeth

... the best thing is for the child to play with it and move things along, said Dr. Paul Casamassimo, chief of dentistry at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Ripping out a tooth that's not ready can tear the gum or even result in part of the root ...

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