What to do if your child has a dental injury?

 Its a landmark for every child when his first tooth erupts. Its usually the lower central teeth(central incisors) to see the light of day followed by the upper centrals. Very frequently when kids fall or fight its these teeth that are most affected. The following situations may take place:

the tooth moves slightly

the tooth moves a lot

the tooth goes back inside the socket

the tooth flies out(avulsion)  

the tooth breaks(save the fragment in milk, water)                                        

                                                              In any of the above cases, rush to your dentist. In case of an avulsion, you could simply rinse and put the tooth back in the socket. Do not scrub or it will kill the vital tissue(periodontal ligament) around it. If unable to do so, save the tooth in the mouth(if child is old enough to not swallow it), milk, coconut water or if none available, plain water and go to a nearby dentist as soon as possible so he may plant it back in.

what is root canal treatment?

Sensitivity in tooth to hot and cold? Pain in jaw or tooth on lying down or bending forwards? Pain on biting food? Did your dentist just advise Root Canal Treatment?

Well, if you have been advised Root Canal Treatment, and you are wondering what it is exactly, this is a simple explanation for you.

Each tooth has a crown (top portion) and one or more roots (in the jaw bone), the roots have one or more root canals. Within the crown and root lie the nervous tissue in the pulp chamber and root canals respectively. 

When the tooth's nervous tissue gets irritated irreversibly, by decay, injury or other factors, the nerves or the tooth will need to be removed. 

In Root Canal Treatment, one or more sittings are required to clean the root canals and remove all nervous tissue, shape, disinfect and fill the root canals with inert material.

After Root Canal Treatment a crown will be advised to strengthen the tooth crown.