What should I do if a front tooth falls out

There are many types of front teeth loss, such as falling while walking or accidentally hitting the mouth. After a piece of the front tooth falls out, you should pay attention to see if the root is still there. If the root is still there, you need to go to the hospital for a filling operation. Filling is a relatively advanced technology that can prevent patients from losing teeth again, and the teeth will become stronger after filling.

Tooth filling steps

Tooth filling includes two main steps: cavity preparation and filling.

Oral examination

Before filling a tooth, the dentist will conduct a comprehensive examination of the patient's oral cavity, fully understand and appropriately treat the patient's oral health status, and develop the best filling and restoration plan based on the number of caries, treatment site, and severity of caries in the patient.

Cavity preparation

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The principles of cavity preparation are:

① Remove the diseased tissue completely, otherwise it will cause secondary caries;

② Protect the dental pulp and healthy tooth tissue;

③ Establish a good retention shape (i.e., a shape that can keep the filling in the cavity without falling off or loosening) and resistance shape (i.e., a shape that can withstand chewing force without breaking the filling or tooth) to prevent the filling from breaking, falling off, or not fitting tightly and causing secondary caries.

Cavity disinfection

When the cavity is prepared, it needs to be fully and thoroughly disinfected. Depending on the severity of caries lesions, the disinfection time for different caries varies greatly. If it is early caries, only a one-time disinfection is required to fill the filling material; if it is moderate or deep caries, three to five sealing treatments are required; and if the dental nerve is involved, root canal treatment is required first.

Filling

Isolate saliva, disinfect the cavity, prepare filling materials and fill them into the cavity, and sculpt the shape immediately. Be careful to remove the part that exceeds the occlusal surface to avoid iatrogenic occlusal trauma. There should be no overhang of fillings on the adjacent surfaces to avoid irritating the gums and causing inflammation.

Treatment after filling

After filling the tooth, the dentist will polish the surface of the filling to prevent the filling material from staining, and will promptly clean the residue remaining on the tooth surface and in the mouth after the filling. Some patients have larger caries and need crown repair after filling. At the same time, the dentist will give the patient detailed medical instructions.

Tips for filling teeth

Dental fillings can make your teeth more beautiful and remove rotten teeth. After a tooth is filled, food will no longer get stuck in your teeth when you eat. However, the only thing patients may not notice is that they think that after a tooth is filled, they will no longer have cavities or tooth decay. In fact, this is not the case. The oral environment itself has not changed after a filling. This bad oral environment is the root cause of your tooth decay. However, filling a tooth cannot change the oral environment. Therefore, what you need to do after filling a tooth is to pay attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth in the morning and evening, and let the oral environment reach an acid-base balance, which will greatly reduce the incidence of tooth decay. Some drugs can also be used to improve the acid-base balance of the oral environment, such as watermelon frost.