{"id":4133,"date":"2021-10-09T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilecareplymouth.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2021-10-09T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T09:30:00","slug":"what-is-the-treatment-for-dental-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilecareplymouth.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-the-treatment-for-dental-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the treatment for dental trauma?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dental trauma affects all ages, but most frequently during childhood and adolescence. In preschool age it happens due to falls and accidents. In older children or adolescents, they are usually secondary to sports accidents, bicycle falls, motorcycle or car accidents, etc.<\/p>\n

What should we do when faced with dental trauma?<\/h2>\n

When a child suffers dental trauma<\/b> First of all, we must differentiate if the affected tooth is temporary (milk) or permanent, because the guidelines to be followed will be different both on the part of the parents and the dentist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We must consider these traumatic injuries as a urgency<\/b>, therefore, it is convenient for parents to take the child to a dental clinic<\/a> with maximum speed<\/b> possible<\/b> so that the specialist dentist<\/a> can make an examination and assessment of the teeth and surrounding tissues and thereby determine the pattern to follow.<\/p>\n

It is important to distinguish if the dental trauma has led to a fracture in part of the tooth, either the crown or the root.<\/p>\n

What to do in the event of a trauma with a tooth loss (dental avulsion)?<\/h2>\n

In the event that a temporary tooth <\/b>(of milk), the most important thing is the prevention<\/b> of the damage that it can cause in the definitive tooth, so it is essential to avoid problems in the development of the teeth, an urgent control at the dentist<\/a>. A baby tooth is never reimplanted.<\/p>\n

In case the trauma is in a tooth <\/b>definitive<\/b> and it falls, the recommended thing is:<\/p>\n