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DENTAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT

REHOBOTH DENTAL CLINIC

Our Dental Trauma Management

Dental trauma management is injury to the mouth, including teeth, lips, gums, tongue, and jawbones. Soft tissue injuries to the mouth and dental trauma are typically very painful and should receive prompt treatment. The most common dental trauma is a broken or lost tooth.

Dental trauma management types

  • Chipped teeth
  • Cracked teeth
  • Dislodged teeth
  • Tooth jammed into a socket
  • Knocked-out teeth
  • Cuts (lacerations) in your soft tissue
Some dental injuries, like a slightly chipped tooth, can wait until you can schedule an appointment with a dentist. Other injuries, like a knocked-out tooth or broken jaw, need immediate treatment.

How long does it take for dental trauma management to heal ?

It depends on the type of injury you had. Minor traumas, like soft tissue injuries, may heal in less than one week. Tooth trauma typically heals in about four to six weeks unless damage reaches your tooth pulp. In these instances, it could take several months for a full recovery.
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Avulsion

Dentoalveolar trauma injuries are caused by an external impact on the teeth, palate, mandible, maxilla, and gingiva. These injuries can result in anything from a tooth contusion to a total dislocation of the tooth from its socket, known as tooth avulsion.

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Lateral Luxation

A traumatic displacement of a tooth in any direction other than axially. A laterally luxated tooth is often immobile because of its bony lock. It produces a high metallic sound during percussion. Pulp sensibility testing is likely to be negative during the initial follow‐up

Implant

Intrusion

an apical displacement of the tooth into the alveolar bone. This injury is accompanied by extensive damage to periodontal ligament, cementum, disruption of the neurovascular supply to the pulp, and communication or fracture of the alveolar socket.

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Extrusion

One of the more uncommon types of dental emergency/injury, however, is called a tooth extrusion, where a permanent tooth becomes dislodged from the structures holding it in place but does not fully vacate the socket. When a tooth extrusion happens, it's vital to find care quickly for the long-term health of the tooth.

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  • Tuesday                     8AM-8PM
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  • Saturday                   8AM-8PM
  • Sunday                On appointment only

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