A knocked-out tooth is a medical and dental emergency and will need urgent care and treatment in order to preserve your oral health and condition.
The Gentle Dental will prioritise lost tooth emergencies and will be able to offer you a same-day appointment so that further complications and infections do not form.
In instances where an adult tooth is knocked out, we would advise that you try to put it back in place and visit a dentist immediately.
When you are unable to put a tooth back into position, place it in some milk and again, book in for urgent care.
The sooner a knocked-out tooth is re-implanted, the better chance it will embed itself back into the gum. However, this has to be done very quickly, which often leads to patients seeking other replacement options.
When you have lost a tooth, you will have a few restorative dentistry options to close the gap. These include:
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Some patients will ignore a missing tooth and pass it off as no big deal. However, it can have severe impacts on your oral and general health.
Hard truths about missing teeth:
If in the case you have damaged your tooth and a piece has broken off, we would advise you to find the lost fragment and store it in milk.
The dentist may be able to glue it back onto the tooth, however, if you cannot locate the fragment the dentist then will be able to prescribe a tooth-coloured filling material, which will build up your tooth.
In the most severe cases, where the tooth is too badly broken and nerves become exposed, the area may be too sensitive, which might require root canal treatment.
Whenever our patients are in extreme discomfort or are facing serious oral health and hygiene issues such as knocked-out teeth will require immediate dental assistance.
The consequences of a missing tooth that remains untreated can lead to serious gum infections, gum recession, bone loss and further tooth loss.
If an infection happens, it can be more difficult to treat the affected area as other treatments will be needed to stabilise the mouth’s condition and ensure it’s in an appropriate state for a treatment like dental implants.
Book an appointment. Call 020 8224 7562.
We treat the following tooth emergencies, toothache, chipped and cracked teeth, broken teeth, abscesses, defective dentures, cracked bridges, missing fillings or crowns, apicoectomy, problems with braces, gum or mouth swelling, bleeding gums.
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