Emergency dental care · Orlando

Children’s Dental Emergencies in Orlando

A chipped front tooth at the pool or a knocked-out tooth on a ride — here is what to do, and what not to.

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What to do right now

A knocked-out BABY tooth must not be put back. Re-implanting it can damage the permanent tooth developing above. Keep the tooth, bring your child in.

A knocked-out ADULT tooth is the opposite: hold it by the crown, re-seat it if you can, or store it in milk, and come immediately. Minutes matter.

Chipped front tooth: save the fragment in milk, rinse the mouth with warm water, cold compress on the lip.

Bleeding gum or lip: firm pressure with clean gauze for ten minutes. Lip and tongue injuries bleed dramatically and usually look far worse than they are.

Children’s paracetamol or ibuprofen at the dose on the packet. Never aspirin for a child.

What we do at the office

The first thing we do is work out whether the tooth involved is a baby tooth or a permanent one, because the urgency and the treatment are completely different. A digital X-ray tells us that, and also whether a permanent tooth developing underneath has been affected by the knock.

For baby teeth, treatment is usually about comfort, cleaning and protecting the permanent tooth underneath. For permanent teeth, it is repair, splinting or bonding as needed. Either way we keep the appointment as calm and brief as we can — a frightened child at midnight is a different job from an adult with the same injury, and we have been doing it since 1992.

It is worth saying plainly: most park injuries we see look far more alarming to the parent than they turn out to be. Call us and describe it, and we will tell you whether you need to come now or whether it can wait for a proper night’s sleep.

Go to a hospital emergency room first if you have swelling closing an eye or spreading into your neck, difficulty breathing or swallowing, or a fever alongside facial swelling. That is a medical emergency before it is a dental one.

How fast can you see me?

Most patients are seen within the hour of calling, including overnight, at weekends and on public holidays. Call (407) 903-0320 first even if you intend to walk in — we can prepare the room, quote the cost and tell you what to do while you travel.

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Questions

How do I tell a baby tooth from an adult tooth?

Rough rule: front baby teeth are smaller, whiter and have a smooth even edge, while newly erupted permanent teeth are larger, slightly more yellow and often have a scalloped edge. If your child is under six it is almost certainly a baby tooth; between six and twelve it could be either, and that is exactly when an X-ray earns its keep.

My child chipped a tooth but is not in pain. Can it wait?

Usually until morning, yes. But it should still be checked, because a chip that exposes dentine discolours and decays faster in a child than in an adult.

Will you be able to keep my child calm?

We do our best, and thirty years of practice helps. Bring a familiar toy, and if your child has particular anxieties tell us on the phone so we can plan the visit around them.

Other emergencies we treat

Severe ToothacheGet help →Emergency Tooth ExtractionGet help →Knocked-Out ToothGet help →Broken or Chipped ToothGet help →Abscess / SwellingGet help →Emergency Root CanalGet help →

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