Secondary tooth avulsion will require timely dental care to realign or re-implant the tooth.

Home care for minor dental injuries includes:

• Apply cold compresses for swelling of the face:
• Apply for 20-30 minutes, every 1-2 hours.
• Eat a soft diet.
• Do not eat foods that you must tear with your teeth, such as pizza crust.

Home care for serious tooth injuries includes:

• Apply pressure to the injury for 10-15 minutes to control bleeding.
• Cover a broken tooth with foil.
• Save a broken piece of tooth.
• Take the broken piece to your dentist.
• Acetaminophen for pain
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for pain:
• Ibuprofen
• Naproxen
• Ketoprofen

Home care for completely dislodged teeth includes:

• Do not touch the root of the tooth.
• Rinse off the tooth in tap water.
• For adult teeth:
• Determine the normal position of the tooth.
• Place the dislodged tooth back in its socket.
• Bite down gently on gauze to hold the tooth in place.
• Place the tooth in milk if you are unable to place the tooth back into the socket.
• See a dentist immediately.
• Do not place a dislodged baby tooth back into the socket.