Dental accidents involving permanent teeth can happen anywhere. If these are recognised and treated correctly, even severely injured teeth can often be preserved. It is important that you remain calm and consult a dentist whenever you have a dental accident.
If a tooth is loose or displaced, please leave it in this position and go to the dentist as soon as possible. The injured tooth is repositioned by the dentist under local anaesthetic and fixed to the adjacent teeth with a temporary splint.
If a piece of a tooth has broken off, find the piece, put it in water and take it to the dentist. The broken piece can be bonded back to the tooth under certain circumstances.
If a tooth is completely knocked out, it is best to place it in a tooth rescue box (available in pharmacies or dental surgeries). If you do not have a tooth rescue box, you can also place the knocked-out tooth in cold milk or cling film. Then consult a dentist immediately!
Please do not clean the knocked-out tooth or store it in a dry place!
A knocked-out tooth is cleaned by the dentist and can be reinserted into the jaw and fixed with a temporary splint under certain circumstances.
Accidents also happen with milk teeth. The treatment here is slightly different from that for permanent teeth.
If a baby tooth is displaced or loose after an accident, treatment is not necessarily required immediately. However, you should visit a dentist with your child the next day at the latest.
Only if there is additional bleeding and this could not be stopped after 10 minutes or if your child can no longer bite after an accident should a dentist be consulted immediately, even in the case of a milk tooth accident.
If a piece of a baby tooth has broken off or even the whole baby tooth is knocked out, immediate treatment at the dentist is also not necessary. You should take your child to the dentist within 2-3 days. As a rule, the broken piece is not glued back on, and a milk tooth that has been knocked out is not reinserted.
