Dental Emergencies

Mar 12

If it is a baby tooth do NOT replace the tooth.

For Adult teeth, pick up the tooth by the crown (top). Avoid touching the root of the tooth.

If the tooth is dirty, quickly wash it with cold water, no more than a few seconds.

Replace the tooth immediately. Hold the tooth by the crown (top) and slowly push it back into the gum where it came from.

If the tooth can’t be placed back into the gum, place in milk or wrap in plastic.

Seek dental treatment immediately to repair the chip or broken tooth.

The nerve of the tooth may be exposed and the risk of infection is high and needs to be treated as soon as possible.

One of the best ways to minimise toothache dental emergencies is to attend for your six monthly dental check-up.

Wear a mouth guard to help protect your teeth from injury and trauma when playing sport.

Wear a bite splint if you clench or grind your teeth, especially at night.

Avoid hard foods such as boiled sweets, unpopped popcorn kernels, bones and ice (and the ends of pens!)

Do not use your teeth to open bottles, tear open or break things.

Christopher Reeves

Why every six months?