Emergency management of dental trauma☆

Received 23 November 2009; accepted 23 November 2009.

Summary

Dental first aid is both simple and inexpensive and can dramatically improve future dental outcomes; however, it is rarely appropriately provided. We provide a simple guide with instructions and images and links to further resources.

Keywords: Trauma, Injury, Dental, Teeth, Emergency, Nursing, Emergency department

a Oral Health, SWAHS, Sydney, Australia

b Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

c St George Hospital Trauma Service, St George Hospital, Gray St, Kogarah, NSW, 2217, Australia

d School of Nursing, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Corresponding author. Tel.: +612 91132686; fax: +612 91133974.

☆ Note: Please note this manuscript is an adaptation from Leslie J, Skapetis T. Faciomaxillary and Dental trauma. In: Curtis, Ramsden, & Friendship, editors. Emergency and trauma nursing. Sydney: Elsevier; 2007.

PII: S1574-6267(09)00254-7

doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2009.11.004

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