Many of your little ones unfortunately experience dental trauma. The most common injuries include impacted, fractured, avulsed or loose teeth. The four most common dental accidents are:
1. Dental avulsion – the forced removal of a tooth from the socket following an accident. It occurs mainly between the ages of 7 and 9, when the upper incisors are erupting.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
⦁ Don’t panic!
⦁ The tooth can be transported in saline, saline solution, contact lens solution, milk, specially designed boxes – SOS Boxes, or even in the patient’s oral cavity (beware of the risk of swallowing the tooth)! It is very important to maintain a humid environment
⦁ Do not clean or disinfect the tooth with alcohol, do not touch the root and keep the avulsed tooth in one of the solutions mentioned above until the patient is brought to the dentist, at the latest 2 hours after the unfortunate event
2. Tooth dislocation – involves moving the tooth forward or backward from its original position.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
⦁ Cleanse the area with cold water, then place a cold compress on the traumatized area
⦁ Administer analgesics to reduce pain
⦁ Go for an appointment with your dentist
3. Dental fracture – an event in which a piece of tooth becomes completely detached from the oral cavity.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
⦁ If you still find the fragment detached, deposit it in a compress, a napkin moistened with water or distilled water
⦁ Clean the area with lukewarm water
⦁ Administer analgesics
⦁ Go for an appointment with your dentist
4. Concussion – damage to the periodontal ligament, with/without mobility or displacement of the tooth. It is associated with bleeding gums, sensitive teeth or discoloration (grey, brown).
RECOMMENDATIONS:
⦁ Clean the area with lukewarm water
⦁ Apply after a cold compress
⦁ Administer analgesics
It is very important that in the case of any type of trauma you seek specialist help as soon as possible! The earlier you act, the greater the chances of success without further aesthetic or painful complications.
