Are my teeth going to fall out?

[JCD]

hi there,

recently my teeth have been hurting, its like an ache and my two front teeth have a gap now where there wasn't really one before, my two front teeth feel very tender and I keep pushing them i have a dentist appointment on wed but scared they are going to say. I think my gums are inflamed. I am really worried my teeth are going to fall out, my parents teeth are terrible and I don't want mine to be the same,

thanks

[Dr Mohsen J. Esfahani]

Thank you for your question.

Teeth only ever fall out when they are traumatized or suffer from advanced bone loss. Bone loss if due to gum disease can be treated and does not have to get to a point where a tooth falls out. So if you worried about tooth loss, see your dentist for gum and bone assessment and have any treatment needed to halt gum disease and bone loss.