What will you do in case a dental emergency suddenly happens? Whatever it is, try to stay as calm as you can or atleast try to fake it in front of your child. If your child see that you are rattled and scared, they will also feel that way. The first thing you need to do is to find the broken tooth. Do what you can to keep it moist or ask your child to try to hold it in place. Take your child to the nearest dental clinic. The sooner you get there the more chances of saving the tooth. If the dentist can work on it immediately the tooth can be replanted easily.
Act quickly and save the tooth
The priority is to replant the tooth in the gums as soon as possible. If there’s water nearby, gently wash the tooth and try to replant it from where it came off. Hold it in place until you reach the dentist. If this is not an option, the next best thing to do is to wrap the tooth with a moist cloth or you can keep your tooth in a cup with water. What’s important is that you preserve the moisture.
If you want to save your child’s original tooth, you only have a 30-minute window to replant it. It’s important that they keep their tooth because a missing tooth can cause damage to the growth of their other teeth. Implants are available. However, in the case of children, they’d have to wait until they’re older. it’s easier to do a replacement when their teeth have been replaced with permanent teeth. But if all else fails, don’t worry, modern dentistry has brought us various methods to replace missing teeth or bridge gaps in between.
