I have found on the 'Family' site information that can be useful in case your children suffer a dental trauma. It is important to keep in mind that you should always visit the specialist in pediatric dentistry in these situations, and especially when it comes to definitive dentition.
As the kids have a lot of energy they do not stop playing, jumping, climbing, they even dare with more risky movements such as crawling on steep slopes on a skateboard, etc. That is, they are exposed to all kinds of blows. Around the first year of life and around six / nine years is when more dental injuries occur. After a coup of these characteristics one of the following situations may arise:
1.-After suffering the trauma the boy has all the teeth in his mouth. In this case, it should be assessed very carefully if they move or if any fragment is missing.
If the teeth do not move, the child bites the same as before and a tooth fragment is missing, the fragment must be found and, if it is large, save it, preventing it from becoming dehydrated, and go to its reference dental center
2.-Missing a tooth after the accident, after attending to the little one, we will look for the missing piece and store it (without rubbing it) in whey, saline or saliva if we do not have the other two means. We will go to the dentist as soon as possible so that he can reimplant the tooth if it is permanent.
In the case of baby teeth, such treatment is not contemplated, since there is a risk of damage to the germ of the permanent tooth.
Our performance in front of a dental trauma
First we will try decrease the child's anxiety, this will help us assess the situation. Then we will check your mouth and face to see the possible damage you have suffered.
If we observe loss of consciousness, headache, disorientation or vomiting ... it is necessary to take the child to a hospital for control, and we will also do this in case of observing facial deformations that would indicate greater fractures than the teeth.
Sometimes dental injuries in babies go unnoticed until the parents detect a change in the color (especially of the upper incisors), which can be gray, yellowish or pink.
This occurs as a result of inflammation or death of the tooth nerve. Then it would be important to go to the children's dentist, who will assess the most appropriate treatment for this tooth, always controlling and avoiding damaging the germ of the final tooth.
