How can parents deal with the accident of dental trauma in children scientifically and effectively?

Zhao Difang, a resident of the Department of Stomatology in Beijing, said that dental trauma mostly occurs in children and adolescents, 25% of school-age children have had dental trauma, and 33% of adults have also experienced permanent tooth trauma, but most of them occur before the age of 19. According to Zhao Difang, primary tooth trauma most often occurs at the age of 2-6 years old, when children just learn to walk, run, or love to climb up and down. If parents do not have a strong sense of risk aversion, they are prone to bumps and falls even at home.

In addition, children and adolescents are keen to chase and fight, and start to try various sports and even extreme sports, which is also the highest age group for permanent tooth trauma. The germ of the permanent teeth in the early stage of development is located in the apical area of the deciduous teeth, and the tooth trauma can easily cause the teeth to loosen and displace, affecting the chewing function and aesthetics, and in severe cases, it can lead to tooth loss, and also cause psychological effects on children.

<>So, how can you prevent dental trauma? Zhao Difang said that for infants and young children, parents need to strengthen their sense of responsibility and take more care. When your child is learning to walk, try to leave as much space as possible for activities, and you can lay a soft foam cushion or carpet in the activity area, and wrap the edges and corners of the furniture.

In addition, it is necessary to educate children on risk prevention, such as avoiding chasing and fighting, blindly colliding, not throwing dangerous objects such as stones and broken bricks at each other, and remembering to protect their heads with their hands when they fall. Children use car seats to prevent traffic accidents as much as possible. Children with protruding teeth can be corrected in due course.

When performing high-intensity, confrontational sports that are prone to falls and impacts that cause dental trauma, it is best to wear protective equipment such as helmets and sports protective dental trays.

For the treatment of dental trauma, Zhao Difang said that dental trauma is generally accompanied by head and face injury, and at this time, we should first pay attention to whether there are symptoms such as dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomiting; Whether they can recall the condition of the fall injury, whether they can move on their own, walk freely, etc.; If there are more urgent situations that need to be treated, such as body fractures or massive bleeding from wounds, etc., if so, priority should be given to the treatment and the oral cavity should be postponed**.

In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the search for teeth, moist and preserved. If the tooth is completely out of the socket, hold the crown of the tooth without touching the root of the tooth when the missing tooth can be found. Rinse with cold milk, saline, or cold water for 5-10 seconds.

The doctor especially reminds that at this time, do not scrub with soap, alcohol and other disinfectants. Try to put the missing tooth back into the socket as soon as possible, and gently bite cotton, gauze, handkerchief, etc. to fix it to prevent the affected tooth from falling out again and causing accidental swallowing or suffocation.

If it cannot be placed in the socket, the tooth should be kept in ice milk, saline or saliva as soon as possible, and should not be wiped dry, dried or wrapped in a paper towel, preferably not allowed to dry for more than 30 minutes. If the tooth is only broken, a fragment of the tooth can be found and stored in milk, saline or water and seek medical attention.

In the case of dental trauma in children, try to leave a large space for activities, you can lay a softer foam cushion or carpet in the activity area, and wrap the edges and corners of the furniture. In addition, children should be educated about risk prevention.

The first point is that if you want to treat it scientifically, you should go to the hospital immediately for examination, and the second point is that if you have this kind of injury, you should treat it immediately, otherwise you will get infected.

1. Baby teeth are lost due to trauma.

There is a developing permanent tooth under each baby tooth, and trauma to the baby tooth may cause damage to the permanent teeth below, so you should take action in time, rinse the mouth with water, and apply a cold compress to reduce swelling, and send it to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time. At the same time, you should also comfort your child without having to look for teeth everywhere. Baby teeth should not be replanted, as this has the potential to cause potential damage to the growth of permanent teeth underneath.

2. Permanent teeth are lost due to trauma.

The best way is to find the missing tooth immediately, pinch the crown of the tooth and find cool boiled water or tap water nearby to rinse off the dirt on the tooth surface, but do not brush or scrape the root of the tooth, and then put the rinsed tooth back into the socket, and let the child bite the clean gauze or towel to retain the position. If you are unable to put your teeth back into the socket, you can soak your teeth in fresh cold milk or saline and go to a dental professional as soon as possible.

Note that the shorter the time the tooth leaves the body, the more likely it is that the tooth will be successful after reimplantation, and it is best to rush to the hospital within 30 minutes**, or consult a specialist hospital about how to deal with it.

3. A small piece of the tooth is knocked out.

Loose or broken teeth after trauma, even if there is only a crack, need to be treated in time, and do not delay medical treatment, so as not to lose the best opportunity. Sometimes the area of the crown is relatively small, which is often ignored by parents, delaying medical treatment, and the tooth is blackened before going for examination, and at this time the pulp has been necrotic, so you have to choose a complex, revisited, and expensive pulp**, and the tooth texture is brittle and easy to break. However, if you see a doctor in time, you may be able to do a simple filling repair.

Let's go to the dental department of the hospital to have a look.