title: [Treatment of dental accidents and associated alveolar fractures].
abstract: Diagnosis of dental accidents is based on patient history, clinical examination and imaging. A completely avulsed tooth should immediately be reimplanted, and a dislodged tooth urgently repositioned to the original position. Avulsed primary teeth will never be reimplanted, and primary teeth of children under three years are not repositioned. Furthermore, fractures of the alveolar process and various soft tissue injuries but not dental fractures require urgent treatment. All dental accident patients should be referred to dental consultation for further examinations and treatment.
authors.affiliation: TYKS:n suusairauksien klinikka, Lemminkäisenkatu 2, 20520 Turku.
authors.forename: Tuija
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teerijoki-Oksa
authors.forename: Sára
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karjalainen
authors.forename: Tero
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soukka
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000601:surgery*; D014090:Tooth Replantation