What to do if your child knocks out a tooth

Children are always the most naughty ones, and it is inevitable that they will bump into things while playing. However, many children knock out their teeth due to carelessness, which makes their parents very worried. After all, if there are missing teeth, the impact on the children will be long-term, and parents are very concerned about the solution. So, what should you do if your child knocks out a tooth? Let’s take a closer look below.

Compared with deciduous teeth, the treatment of broken permanent teeth is much more complicated. If only a small part of the cutting end of the crown is broken, and a dental X-ray is taken to confirm that the root is not broken, light-curing resin material can be used to restore the original tooth shape. Pay attention to the color changes of the affected teeth and follow up if there is any discoloration of the teeth. Miss Chen's daughter is a case of this kind.

If half of the crown is broken off and the pulp is exposed, root canal treatment or pulpotomy is needed, dentin self-tapping screws or fiber root canal post brackets are used, and then the broken part of the crown is bonded; if the neck of the tooth is broken, root canal filling treatment is performed first, and then cast metal posts are bonded in the root canal, and then the crown is bonded back; if the root is broken, the tooth needs to be extracted, a space maintainer is made, and then dentures or dental implants are performed after adulthood.

In order to prevent the above situation from happening, in addition to constantly enhancing children's self-protection awareness, for children whose front teeth have been replaced, parents can go to the hospital to customize a pair of mouth guards for their children to protect their teeth in case of accidents during exercise.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your child knocks out a tooth. I hope it will be helpful to parents. It is indeed a very helpless thing when a child knocks out his teeth because of being naughty. Parents can take targeted measures to solve the problem according to the condition of their children's teeth. It is best to do it as soon as possible to avoid causing lasting damage to the children.