{"id":1153,"date":"2021-12-09T05:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T05:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/dental-care-blog\/what-to-do-with-a-knocked-out-tooth\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:53:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T05:53:43","slug":"what-to-do-with-a-knocked-out-tooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/dental-care-blog\/what-to-do-with-a-knocked-out-tooth\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do With a Knocked-Out Tooth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/knocked-out-tooth-2021_543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"543\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/knocked-out-tooth-2021_543.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/knocked-out-tooth-2021_543-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/knocked-out-tooth-2021_543-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>LOSING BABY TEETH<\/b> is a totally normal part of a child\u2019s development, but what happens if an adult tooth gets knocked out? This counts as a serious dental emergency.<\/p>\n<p>If a whole tooth gets knocked out in one piece, there is a limited window (not much longer than an hour) in which the tooth has a chance to be successfully replanted, so the sooner the dentist sees it, the better. To give the tooth its best shot, put it back in the socket on the way there and hold it in place with a washcloth or gauze. If that isn\u2019t possible, store it in cold milk.<\/p>\n<h3>What NOT to Do With a Knocked-Out Tooth<\/h3>\n<p>Here are a few important don\u2019ts for knocked-out teeth:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DON\u2019T touch the root.<\/li>\n<li>DON\u2019T let it dry out.<\/li>\n<li>DON\u2019T scrub or clean it with soap, alcohol, or peroxide.<\/li>\n<li>DON\u2019T put it on ice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any of these could kill the root, making the tooth impossible to replant!<\/p>\n<h3>What About KNocked-Out Baby Teeth?<\/h3>\n<p>Most of the time, when a baby tooth gets knocked out, it isn\u2019t an emergency. Typically a dentist wouldn\u2019t replant a baby tooth because that might create problems for the permanent tooth underneath. However, if it wasn\u2019t loose beforehand, we recommend at least giving the dentist a call for some advice. There might be less obvious damage than what happened to the tooth.<\/p>\n<h6>Top image used under <span style=\"color: #2a7abd;\"><a style=\"color: #2a7abd;\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/share-your-work\/public-domain\/cc0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC0 Public Domain license<\/a><\/span>. Image cropped and modified from original.<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #d9d9d9;\">The content on this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health providers with questions you may have regarding medical conditions.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>LOSING BABY TEETH<\/b> is a totally normal part of a child\u2019s development, but what happens if&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176,179,184,180,182,181],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[303,315,316,666,202,376,47,667,668,240,669,670,46],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-dental-posts","category-endo","category-general-dental","category-ortho","category-pediatric","category-176","category-179","category-184","category-180","category-182","category-181","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}