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Dental Sports Injuries

 

If you have knocked your front tooth out please follow this advice:

  • Pick it up by the top bit NOT the root
  • Get the patient to lick it to clean it
  • Stick it back in to the place it came out and close your teeth together (or in milk and get to a dentist within an hour)

 

                                                                                           Pick                –           Lick                 –           Stick

 

Contact your dentist immediately

 

This short video by dentaltrauma.co.uk is really useful if you have knocked an adult front tooth out.

https://vimeo.com/168762815?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=35121897

 

 

Dental sports injuries, particularly in contact sports such as rugby, cricket, hockey, skateboarding as well as equestrian activities, are becoming increasingly common. Many dental emergencies are a result of oral injury from a sporting event.

 

Dental sports injuries can lead to tooth damage or loss, often at the front of the mouth. Ideally help should be sought from a dental professional as soon as possible to help achieve the best possible outcome for the patient following on from pick, lick, stick . Modern advances in dentistry can restore teeth to their original form or better and functioning well.

 

Receiving proper dental and medical care for sporting injuries is essential for a healthy recovery from trauma. Typical sports injuries requiring emergency treatment include:

  • A knocked out or avulsed tooth
  • A fractured, broken, split, chipped or cracked tooth
  • A dislodged tooth or teeth forced into the gum line and jaw
  • Oral cuts to the gums, jaws, tongue, mouth, and lips
  • Trauma to the jaw
  • Damage to orthodontic devices or tooth restorations

 

Dental emergencies and immediate dental care – call us on 01256 321945 or text our emergency mobile out of hours

 

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