Pediatric Dental Emergencies If your child sustains a blow to head or jaw, loses consciousness, has blurred vision, dizziness or vomiting please take your child to the nearest emergency room or call 911.
Otherwise, please call our office at any time; we always have a doctor on call. Phone numbers here.
Baby teeth
If you notice that your child has a permanent tooth coming in and the baby tooth is not loose or has not exfoliated, don’t worry. We suggest that you wiggle that baby tooth over the next week or two. Offer lots of hard crunchy foods to help easy that baby tooth out. If it fails to come out or tightens back up call the office for a scheduled appointment.
If your child loses a baby tooth from an injury, try to remain calm. DO NOT TRY TO REIMPLANT IT. Call our emergency number and we will make sure to see you as soon as necessary.
For a broken tooth, rinse your child’s mouth out with warm water to clean out any debris or foreign matter.Use a cold compress on the child’s cheek or gum near the affected area to keep any swelling down. Call our office for a scheduled appointment.
Permanent Teeth
If your child knocks out their permanent tooth gently rinse the tooth under running water, but avoid rubbing the root area. Hold it by the crown rather than the root and try to reinsert it into the socket. Your child can keep the tooth in place until treatment by biting down on a wet piece of clean gauze or towel. If that is not possible, put the tooth in a glass of milk, saline solution, or saliva, and take your child and the glass immediately to our office or an emergency treatment facility. Call our office immediately.
Permanent tooth is chipped
Try to find the fractured piece, as we may be able to bond it back to the tooth, and call our office for assistance.
