Replantation of Knocked out Teeth after Traumatic Avulsion
Shirin Sultana Chowdhury
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Update Dental College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Nazmul Hasan *
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Rumana Afroz
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Update Dental College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Management of permanent tooth avulsion often challenging for dental practitioner, as avulsion resulting complete exfoliation of tooth from its socket, is usually associated with damage to the supporting structures. Managing the edentulous area to improve aesthetics, phonetics, function is better achieved by replanting the avulsed tooth rather than prosthesis. This article report a case avulsed tooth management of 12-year-old-girl due to accidental knocked out of both central incisors. Immediate after injuries patient report to the emergency department over phone and asked to collect and keep the avulsed tooth sinking into milk. Patient was managed by dentist within 60 minutes of the accident and have follow-up by radiologically and clinically 1 year post accident. Replantation of tooth immediate after avulsion can be managed by replantation into its socket.
Keywords: Tooth replantation, tooth avulsion, athletic injuries, tooth injuries