Video shows the young boy, from Foshan, China, holding the bird in his right hand and guiding it to his mouth.

A family in China has devised a unique way to remove their son's loose baby teeth with a little help from their pet parrot.

Three teeth started to work loose, and it was not very comfortable. It was painful to eat, so I had to pull them out. 'They were getting looser and looser, so one at a time, I took them out.