While running in a parking lot, a young boy tripped and fell. He hit his face and mouth on a curb, knocking one of his top front teeth from its socket. Bleeding has been controlled and the tooth found. What instructions would you give your partner when caring for the tooth?

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The correct care for a knocked-out tooth involves gently rinsing it without scrubbing (to avoid damaging the root surface) and placing it in a suitable medium like saline or milk to keep the cells on the root surface alive until reimplantation can be attempted. Touching the root or scrubbing the tooth can damage it further, making reimplantation more difficult.

While Running in a Parking Lot, a Young Boy Tripped