2012年02月23日
Mouth Injuries
Accidents happen. When they happen in the vicinity of your mouth - a tooth gets knocked out, a cap falls off, you take a bit out of your tongue - quick action can help prevent further problems and put your on the mend faster.
Stick that knocked-out tooth back in its place. You don't have to be a speed-skating, stick-swinging, puck-ducking professional hockey player to suffer the sudden loss of a tooth. You can be an everyday ordinary person who walks the wrong way into a swinging door or takes a fall on the sidewalk. But if you're a professional hockey player, you've got someone to help treat tooth emergencies fast.
A quick response can save a knocked-out tooth as it has the best chance of healing if you rinse it off with contact lens saline solution or salt water and put it right back in. When you rinse the tooth, make sure you don't wash away any roots or tissue attached. Do not clean it with any chemicals. Re-insert it with gentle finger pressure. Then get to the dentist right away.
Pop that tooth into milk. Getting a knocked-out tooth back in, and keeping it in until you get to the dentist, can sometimes be a problem especially for kids, who might tend to swallow it. Another option is to clean the tooth as described above and keep it from drying out by putting it in a glass of milk or contact lens saline solution.
In their absence, plastic wrap provides good protection for the health of your tooth for about an hour. Don't store it in saliva, which contains harmful bacteria, or in tap water, which despite being wet can cause the surface of the root to die. Tow the tooth along with the toothless to a dentist immediately. The shorter the period of time the tooth is out, the better its chances of healing.
Put your cap back on. If the cap falls off your tooth, ruining your perfect smile, rinse the cap off with salt water or contact lens saline solution and immediately put the cap back in place. See if it will stay there by itself. If it doesn't, take it out and wrap it up in a piece of tissue or gauze, put it in an envelope, seal it, and mark it. Don't wrap it loosely in a piece of tissue tucked into a purse, or you could end up accidentally tossing it out.
Get to your dentist as soon as possible because the tooth now has nothing to keep it in place. Teeth aren't locked into place but are held in by fibrous material. There's always some movement, like a shock absorber. A tooth that's lost it cap can shift within just a day or two.
Compress your bleeding tongue. An accident to - or accident bite of - your tongue can be awfully painful, not to mention it's frighteningly bloody. Try either of these fast remedies: Tightly press a wet handkerchief, face towel, or piece of sterile gauze over the injured spot. This will usually bring the bleeding under control without stitches or help from a doctor. Pressing a wet tea bag (regular tea, not herbal tea) against the wound may work even faster, thanks to the tannin in tea leaves, which helps blood clot more quickly. Firmly press a handkerchief or towel over the tea bag.
Stick that knocked-out tooth back in its place. You don't have to be a speed-skating, stick-swinging, puck-ducking professional hockey player to suffer the sudden loss of a tooth. You can be an everyday ordinary person who walks the wrong way into a swinging door or takes a fall on the sidewalk. But if you're a professional hockey player, you've got someone to help treat tooth emergencies fast.
A quick response can save a knocked-out tooth as it has the best chance of healing if you rinse it off with contact lens saline solution or salt water and put it right back in. When you rinse the tooth, make sure you don't wash away any roots or tissue attached. Do not clean it with any chemicals. Re-insert it with gentle finger pressure. Then get to the dentist right away.
Pop that tooth into milk. Getting a knocked-out tooth back in, and keeping it in until you get to the dentist, can sometimes be a problem especially for kids, who might tend to swallow it. Another option is to clean the tooth as described above and keep it from drying out by putting it in a glass of milk or contact lens saline solution.
In their absence, plastic wrap provides good protection for the health of your tooth for about an hour. Don't store it in saliva, which contains harmful bacteria, or in tap water, which despite being wet can cause the surface of the root to die. Tow the tooth along with the toothless to a dentist immediately. The shorter the period of time the tooth is out, the better its chances of healing.
Put your cap back on. If the cap falls off your tooth, ruining your perfect smile, rinse the cap off with salt water or contact lens saline solution and immediately put the cap back in place. See if it will stay there by itself. If it doesn't, take it out and wrap it up in a piece of tissue or gauze, put it in an envelope, seal it, and mark it. Don't wrap it loosely in a piece of tissue tucked into a purse, or you could end up accidentally tossing it out.
Get to your dentist as soon as possible because the tooth now has nothing to keep it in place. Teeth aren't locked into place but are held in by fibrous material. There's always some movement, like a shock absorber. A tooth that's lost it cap can shift within just a day or two.
Compress your bleeding tongue. An accident to - or accident bite of - your tongue can be awfully painful, not to mention it's frighteningly bloody. Try either of these fast remedies: Tightly press a wet handkerchief, face towel, or piece of sterile gauze over the injured spot. This will usually bring the bleeding under control without stitches or help from a doctor. Pressing a wet tea bag (regular tea, not herbal tea) against the wound may work even faster, thanks to the tannin in tea leaves, which helps blood clot more quickly. Firmly press a handkerchief or towel over the tea bag.
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