Can an adult tooth be implanted back?

I got runover yesterday and ate sh*t (hit and run), one of my tooth is loose, I went to the hospital and they just said to go to the dentist the next day, what if it comes of?my mom told me to place it milk if it does, does that help?

Answer by Comicbook Reader
Cool, I was all prepared to dismiss the milk thought in anticipation of I found a Sports Dentistry site that recommends you do just that! Live and learn. The site recommends you rinse it well first. Check out the link.

Hope they catch the b*stard that hit you.

Answer by zebaroth
they can place it back in the milk keeps the root alive

Answer by Steven B
Depends how loose. If it’s really out the chances of re-implantation are nearly zero after an hour or so. If it’s still in the socket you have a better chance–but the tooth should be splinted by your dentist to the adjacent tooth. You may or may not need to have root canal treatment on the tooth, and there is still a chance the tooth may be lost some time down the road, so it needs to be watched.

Steve Bornfeld, DDS

Answer by Kay D
Wait…

You got run over by a car… and walked away with nothing more than a loose tooth?

Wow. Just wow.

Anyway, yeah they can place teeth back in, as long as its not too hurt. Basically you’ll just go to the dentist, they’ll give you an x-ray to see if the root is broken. If the root IS broken you can’t save it. But if its not that loose and theres no root hurt than usually it’ll just tighten up on its own, and if its too wiggly to fix itself a dentist can splint it for you.

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well, I lost a tooth in accident , now the question is what is the best choice for me to Implant , add a new tooth ?

Answer by Tangerineko
go to a dentist, he will know for sure.

Yahoo is not excellent at this )

Answer by Thomas (dacadia.eu)
The best technical and aesthetic solution is getting a dental implant with a crown. Of course, the best technical solution is also the most expensive, but if your insurance will pay for it, then that is the best way to go (especially if we are talking about a front tooth).

If you suffer from bone loss (if for example there has been an inflammation at the root) then you may not be a excellent candidate for an implant. In many cases it is possible to get bone grafting or a sinus lift everywhere a material made from minerals and bovine bone cells is placed to help strengthen the bone in the area that will hold the implant, but this makes the procedure more expensive.

If an implant is out of the question for technical or financial reasons, then the alternative is a three-crown bridge. This is a excellent technical solution, but it requires that one tooth on each side of the gap are excavated and used as foundations for the bridge. The two major draw-backs are that two healthy teeth will be affected and the result will not be as aesthetically pleasing as a crown on an implant – especially if we are talking about a gone front tooth.

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