Common Children’s Teeth Injuries Revealed by Our Kids Dentists in Tirunelveli
Dr. B. Kanagasabapathy
[M.D.S. (Ortho), Fellow ICOI]
Kids are vulnerable to occasional dental injuries when they begin to explore the things around them. Almost half of the children will encounter tooth damages when they play, fight, or fall down Most of the traumatic dental injuries kids confront are the same ones that adults also encounter but they have a wreck on children’s teeth because their teeth are softer and still developing.
Keep in mind that the baby teeth are responsible to lay a foundation for the permanent teeth. If a tooth injury is left untreated in childhood, it would end in problems like crooked teeth and more serious problems.
Don’t worry. Such harmful consequences of baby teeth trauma are preventable with timely treatments. Here our pediatric dentists have listed the common children’s tooth injuries and preventive tips to save the teeth.
1) Broken Tooth
Broken or Chipped tooth is common and it happens with a strong force on the face or jaw. Mostly, it does not cause any serious problems except some tissue damage that happens with the sharp edge. On the other hand, if the damage is deep enough to expose the dentin layer, it is accompanied by issues like damage in blood vessels and nerves.
In such cases, the broken tooth should be repaired with dental fillings or crowns.
Tip: Visit your dentist immediately after tooth damage. Preserve the tooth’s broken piece in a cup of water, milk, or coconut water before visiting the dentist.
2) Knocked-out Tooth
The primary teeth reserve room in the jawbone for the permanent teeth to grow in their places. If a kid loses a baby tooth prematurely, it will end in misalignment problems after the permanent teeth erupt.
So don’t take a milk tooth avulsion lightly. Visit your dentist immediately to repair or restore such prematurely lost baby teeth.
3) Object stuck between teeth
Kids are not aware of the edible and inedible things. Hence they tend to bite and chew some sturdy substances. It is also a factor of tooth cracks or premature tooth loss. In certain cases, the broken pieces of those substances are caught in teeth.
Use flossing wire or interdental brush to remove them whilst don’t use toothpicks for this purpose. They might injure the tissues around the teeth.
4) Dislocated permanent tooth
Similar to an avulsed and cracked tooth, a partially dislodged tooth also happens with a strong force on the face. If your child encounters such dislocated tooth, hold the tooth with a hand and keep it in its socket. This approach preserves the tooth’s living cells for a few minutes so that your dentist can re-implant the dislocated tooth successfully.
5) Bitten tongue or lips
Accidental bites in the oral tissues like the tongue or lips are harmless unless the bite is quite deep and injure the blood vessels. It will cause severe bleeding followed by swelling.
In such cases, clean the bite and gently press a wet gauze against the injured region. This remedy will quicken the healing process and reduce inflammation.
Bottom line
Children’s tooth injuries are very common but you can prevent them if you visit your dentist immediately. Meanwhile, every parent should aware of appropriate first aid and home remedies to address the dental trauma in their kids before they make a dental visit.
