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5 Common Injuries That
Need Dental Emergency Care
Sharky Liu - February 20, 2022
No matter how careful you are, sometimes injuries still happen and you end up needing dental emergency care. Saving your teeth after severe trauma is not possible in the absence of dental emergency services. Once permanent teeth are lost, no dental restorations would suffice to compensate for their look and function.
Trauma that involves your teeth causes severe pain, and it’s not easily relieved after you take some medication. You need to go to the nearest dental emergency clinic to receive necessary treatment from your dentist. He is capable of saving your injured tooth, helping you manage the pain and preventing tooth loss.
On one hand, not all dental pain requires the immediate attention of a dentist. Some dental injuries, usually sports-related or caused by accidents, require immediate dental emergency care.
1. Fractured tooth
Tooth fracture can be classified into three types. The first type is affecting the enamel which does not require emergency care. However, the patient needs to see his dentist as soon as possible to avoid further damage. The second and third type affects the dentin and tooth pulp. In these cases, the patient needs to be taken to a dental emergency clinic. The dentist needs to see the depth of the fracture through a digital X-ray for treatment planning.
2. Dislocated tooth
This type of dental injury does not completely knock off the tooth from its socket. If the patient does not receive immediate treatment, it might lead to inflammation or infection. To avoid complications, the patient needs to see his dentist immediately so the tooth can be saved from extraction.
3. Lateral luxation
If the face or mouth receives a sudden blow or impact, the patient’s tooth might be pushed forward or backward. This dental injury, also called lateral luxation, involves a fracture in the alveolar bone.
4. Intrusion
In this case, the dental injury caused the tooth to push forward into the socket. Alveolar fracture results to this type of dental injury. The tooth does not move and it produces a high-metallic sound when it’s tapped.
5. Avulsion
Another common dental injury that requires dental emergency care is an avulsed tooth that’s knocked off from the socket. As much as possible, the patient needs to gather the knocked off tooth. This is needed so the dentist can place it back into the socket. He needs to clean it first before placing it in a clean, small container. Then, immediately, he needs to see an emergency dentist to take care of him.
There are several ways of preventing dental injuries, such as wearing a mouthguard when engaging in sports. Still, dental injuries could happen when you least expect it. It helps when you have contact information of the dental emergency clinic so you know where to go when mouth injuries happen.
THE AUTHOR
Sharky Liu is the founder and CEO of DentistFind, a results-driven dental marketing platform and marketing service that applies an analytical and data-based approach to increase new patient acquisition for dental practices.
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