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Dental Trauma or Dental Emergency

What to do in case of dental emergency? Trauma or injury to teeth or facial region can occur to anyone be it a child or an adult. There are few things which if taken care of can reduce the damage to the teeth and surrounding tissues, before you get medical attention. If due to the injury a tooth has come out of socket following things can be done- Reassure the patient and keep them calm. If the tooth can be found, pick it up by the crown (the white part). Avoid touching the root part. If the tooth is dirty, wash it briefly (10 seconds) under cold running water but do not scrub the tooth. Place the tooth back in the socket where it was lost from, taking care to place it the correct way (matching the other tooth) Encourage the patient to bite on a handkerchief to hold the tooth in position. If it is not possible to replace the tooth immediately, ideally, the tooth should be placed in  Hank's balanced salt solution , if not available, in a glass of milk or a conta