Dental Injuries
Dental injuries include broken (fractured)
teeth, teeth totally knocked out of the mouth, or teeth displaced by
unexpected external forces. These dental accidents may be associated with
swelling of the gum and oral tissue. Immediate treatment gives the best
possible chance of saving the tooth. Timing is critical. The reason for the
urgency in replanting is that once the tooth is out of the socket, the
likelihood of the body treating the tooth as a foreign object and resorbing
the root increases rapidly. If the tooth is replanted immediately, the
chances of saving the tooth with a root canal are very good. However, if
the tooth is out more than 30 minutes, the chances of success begin to
decrease. Teeth that are out for longer than about two hours have a very
poor prognosis.
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