[1] High impact force during trauma causes damage to the periodontium and results swelling and bleeding from the gingival sulcus.
Following any form of dental trauma, a full and thorough clinical assessment is carried out to exclude more serious injuries that may require urgent management.
[4] The first stage of the clinical assessment is to take a complete history to rule out head injury or inhalation of particles.
Questions to obtain this information include: If there is any doubt of head injury or aspiration, the patient should attend the nearest accident and emergency service prior to receiving dental treatment.
No active treatment is usually required; however, a flexible splint may be placed for up to 2 weeks if the patient is experiencing extreme discomfort.
[10][11] Some studies have proposed that the resilience nature of periodontium favours dislocation than fracture of the tooth itself.