Avulsed Tooth - A Review

L. Leelavathi¹, R. Karthick^2*, S. Leena Sankari^1* and N. Aravindha Babu^1*

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Vandalur post, Chennai - 600107.

²Dept of Oral Pathology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100.

 

Abstract: Avulsion of permanent teeth is one of the most serious dentalinjuries, and a prompt and correct emergency management is very importantfor the prognosis.Tooth avulsion or exarticulation is a traumatic injury of dental tissue characterised by complete displacement of the tooth out of its socket. Successful treatment outcome of such an injury is dependent on the survival of the viable periodontal ligament cells attached to the tooth root surface. The viability of the periodontal ligament cells is best preserved either when the tooth is immediately replanted into its socket or if it is stored in an appropriate storage /transport medium till a time, the tooth can be replanted into its socket.

Keywords: Trauma; Storage media; Transport media; Avulsion

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