It is important to understand what
type of dental injury requires emergency assistance. This ensures that your
teeth, as well as your family member teeth, are cared for correctly. An
accident can happen at any time and while some oral injuries require immediate
treatment, others do not. By learning more about what type of injuries
constitute emergency care, you can make the right decision at the time of the
injury.
Common Mouth Injuries
Common injuries to the mouth can
cause teeth to crack or break as well as being knocked out. Such injuries that
can cause issues with the teeth include sports injury, biting down on hard food
or candy, a fall, etc. The severity of the injury and where the tooth is
located will be the deciding factor as to whether or not you should contact the
dentist immediately or wait until normal office hours.
Immediate medical assistance should
be provided if the tooth has a severe crack, a large missing piece or knocked
out all the way. Medical attention will need to be given so that the tooth can
hopefully be saved. If the tooth has fallen out, see if it can be placed back
in the socket. Using gauze that has been wet to bite down on the tooth after it
has been placed in the socket can help.
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