Kids can be faced with dental emergencies, when their teeth are damaged while playing sports or even due to an unfortunate accident. When this happens, we want to help repair their teeth and protect them from complications and discomfort. In today’s blog, your team at Pediatric Dental Care at Casa Linda in Dallas, TX, talks about protecting little smiles with emergency dentistry.
Common Dental Emergencies for Kids
When kids play sports, or box or practice martial arts, there is always a risk a tooth could be chipped, broken, cracked, or even knocked out. Likewise, unfortunate accidents could happen anytime, and they could even sustain minor injuries from biting down on a peach pit, popcorn kernel, or even a piece of ice. Even when an injury appears minor, you should see us for repair. Once the outer enamel is compromised, this allows harmful bacteria to reach the inner structure, creating decay that can cause sensitivity and with time, infection and the risk of early tooth loss!
How to Respond and Ease Discomfort
When your child sustains an injury, don’t panic! Have them rinse with warm water, and use some cloth or even gauze to stem the bleeding. You can apply a cold compress to the side of the face to reduce swelling, and also provide an over-the-counter pain reliever. If any portions of a broken tooth can be recovered, please do so and bring them with you in a sealed container. If a tooth is knocked out completely, then pick it up only by the crown, never the root, and place it in a sealed container of salt water or milk and bring it to the office with you.
Repairing Little Smiles
Call our team right away! If you reach us during our normal business hours, we will try to see you same-day. If we are closed, then please leave a message so that a member of our team can reach out to you and discuss appointment times. For minor injuries, we could potentially repair teeth in one visit with composite resin, the same material we use in our fillings. For more substantial injuries or fractures, we could cap the tooth with a crown. If the interior tissues have been exposed, we may conduct a pulpotomy to remove them and protect the tooth from infection.
If you have any questions about our approach to emergency dentistry for kids, or if you want to schedule your child’s final checkup and cleaning of 2026, then contact our team today to learn more.
PDC Kids Provides Emergency Dentistry
If dental emergencies happen in little smiles, we can help repair and restore their smiles. To find out more about emergency dentistry for kids, then call Pediatric Dental Care at Casa Linda in Dallas, TX, today at (214) 321-4880.
