Tooth Out Of Socket
When the whole tooth has come out/fallen off.
Treatment Plan:
- Find the tooth, hold it by the crown (the upper part), and rinse it in tap water
- After this, you can put the tooth back in its original place and ask the child to bite on gauze or a clean cloth, place it in milk/saline/tender coconut water or between cheeks and gums, and visit the dentist immediately.
NOTE:If the child is unconscious, or the tooth is very damaged or if the child is very young, then place it in milk/saline/tender coconut water and visit the dentist.
Disclaimer: If the kid is concious, oriented, and has no head/brain injury and the trauma is limited to the oral cavity, with no vomiting or bleeding nose-then carryout following first aid instructions