From: Knowledge of emergency management of avulsed tooth among Japanese dental students
You are in a building at an elementary school. In front of you, a 9-year-old girl falls down the stairs and her lips receive a heavy blow. She is bleeding visibly from her mouth, and one upper front tooth is found to be missing. Fortunately, she did not lose consciousness. | |
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Q5. Is the damaged front tooth likely to be a primary or permanent tooth? | 1. A primary tooth |
2. A permanent tooth | |
Q6. Which of the following would you do? (Arrange in order of priority) | 1. Wash the avulsed tooth with tap water. |
2. Put the avulsed tooth back into the socket immediately. | |
3. Take her immediately to the nearest dentist with the avulsed tooth. | |
4. Sideline the injured girl and get her to bite on a tissue paper for several hours to control the bleeding. | |
5. Ask her whether she has incurred serious damage or injury. |