Knock out the front teeth, don't throw them away, you can also "plant" them back.

It is not uncommon to knock out front teeth after trauma. Unfortunately, most people either throw away their teeth or keep them as souvenirs. But in fact, as long as the newly lost teeth are handled properly, there is still a chance to "plant" them back.

Learning to save yourself on the spot is the best solution.

Children who are particularly lively and active will inevitably encounter some bumps in the process of playing. Once a tooth is injured, it may affect the child's chewing function. So parents must know what corresponding measures to take to save their children's teeth.

First of all, we need to know which teeth are most vulnerable. Children are active and often lead to falls and collisions. The front teeth are located in the protruding part of the face and are easy to be injured. Fangs are usually less damaged because they are located on the back and protected by the cheeks. Therefore, children are most vulnerable to primary teeth and permanent incisors.

So, what should I do if my teeth are broken? Today I will introduce some practical ways to save children's front teeth.

Don't panic when you find that your teeth have fallen out. Find out the missing tooth quickly. When you pick up a lost tooth, hold the crown part! Because there are periodontal ligament cells on the root surface, which are the key tissues for the healing of lost teeth, they must not be touched or damaged. It must be remembered that the best treatment is self-help, that is, the lost teeth are washed away for about 10 seconds and then put back into the alveolar fossa. Hold the crown when rinsing, and then rinse with clean tap water for about 10 second. Put your teeth back, shut up and go to the hospital.

The key to storage is to put the teeth in these solutions.

If you are afraid or don't know how to put your teeth back in their original position, you should choose the right storage medium before seeing a doctor. If possible, it is best to put your teeth in normal saline. If you can't find normal saline, you can also choose to use cold pure milk or skim milk to preserve your teeth. If there is no pure milk or normal saline, it can be placed under the tongue of children. There are two large salivary glands under the tongue. The sublingual gland and submandibular gland will secrete a lot of saliva, and then the tooth surface will be cleaned and the sublingual temperature will be constant, which is equivalent to keeping the teeth in an incubator.

The osmotic pressure of normal saline, milk and saliva is equal to that of dental pulp and periodontal tissue, so it will not destroy dental pulp and periodontal tissue during storage, which is very important for healing and can also protect lost teeth.

Take your teeth to see a doctor as soon as possible during the 30-minute golden rescue period.

After the tooth falls off from the mouth, the cells on its surface are very fragile and will die slowly after 30 minutes. Therefore, taking your teeth to see a doctor within 30 minutes can improve the survival rate of replanted teeth. Doctors usually stick the missing parts together. In this case, you don't need to insert dentures, and you can continue to use your own teeth.

Special reminder here: it is not allowed to put the fallen teeth in paper towels, handkerchiefs and cotton balls. Because these media can not provide nutrition for teeth, the dry environment causes periodontal ligament cells on the root surface of teeth to die, which affects the healing of replanted teeth.

Don't forget to leave room for "new teeth" when deciduous teeth are missing.

If the deciduous teeth fall off, parents should not be careless. Don't neglect the health of your teeth just because you can get new ones. Here, a gap retainer is needed to keep the deciduous teeth vacant and maintain the normal physiological gap. This is a device that can prevent the adjacent teeth from tilting to the lost position and prolong the jaw teeth. It is used to keep the gap between the early deciduous teeth and ensure the normal eruption of hereditary permanent teeth. This kind of retainer is easy to adjust, not easy to deform, not to increase children's pain, and not easy to cause children's bad oral habits and psychological obstacles.

In addition, children will cry and make a scene because of severe pain after their front teeth fall off. In the meantime, the first thing parents should do is to calm their children's emotions, and then observe their tooth damage. According to different situations, corresponding measures need to be taken for treatment. At the same time, many children will have an impact on their image after losing their front teeth, which may lead to inferiority complex. Parents must spend more time with their children and encourage them to face their shortcomings correctly.

Text/Wang Jingwu Jun (Peking University Shougang Hospital)