Elderly dog with loose tooth

I have a small terrier mix that's 15 years old. I noticed tonight that one of her front teeth is really loose. Shes still eating and it doesn't appear to hurt her (she let me wiggle it) Her vet just left for vacation for 2 weeks. Can this wait until the vet gets back?

Hello, it depends what you mean by 'can it wait'.  It is unusual for a dog to die of a wobbly tooth - unless something else is wrong, I'd normally expect them still to  be here when you get back.  However, a wobbly incisor must be irritating to the patient, whether they show obvious signs of pain or not.  Furthermore, the longer it waits, the more likely food is to get lodged in the gap around the tooth, or infection develop, or gum disease worsen etc etc.  We know none of the other circumstances and have not examined the mouth, after all    Can we completely rule out a tumour?   We certainly cannot rule out pain on the basis of watch a dogs' behaviour.  For these reason we wouldn't recommend a fortnight's delay before a wobbly tooth is examined.

Corrected for clarity: Hello.  It depends what you mean by 'Can it wait?' In terms of survival, it is unusual for a dog to die because treatment of a wobbly tooth was delayed for a fortnight.   However, wobbly incisors must be irritating to a patient, even if there are no overt signs of pain.  Furthermore the longer it waits, the more likely it is that infection or gum disease arises or bits of food etc become lodged in the gap.  Having not examined the dog, I do not know the individual circumstances; is a tumour on the differentials list, for example?  Pain cannot be ruled out on the basis of watching a dogs' behaviour.  For these reasons, we wouldn't recommend waiting for a fortnight before a patient is examined.  On the other hand, logistics might make it difficult (this isn't an emergency) and there may be more serious cases waiting; vets and owners can only triage and see patients as best they can.  Talking to one another helps.