Dental emergencies and role of parents: There is nothing more traumatic for a child to loose his front teeth due to trauma and nothing more traumatic for parents to watch it helplessly.we are talking here of dental emergency in case child's permanent tooth or for that matter anyone's tooth gets knocked out.complete knocking of tooth out of socket is called avulsion and is a dental emergency.most of you are not aware that even if someone's tooth get knocked out and if it is brought to us in a suitable media I.e milk.we suggest milk coz it is readily available in shortest time say less than 60 mins.it has a very good prognosis.we have successfully done many cases of reimplantation.what is role of parents?dont let the child panic.control the bleeding by pressing the socket against cotton gauze.look out for lost tooth ,hold it by its crown ,dont touch the root .gently wash it and carry it in a container of milk or a ice bag .always remember in these kind of injuries you are fighting against time.Shorter the time spent by tooth outside of socket better is the prognosis.we hope you find this article written by dr.gaurav very informative and helpful.we are proud to tell you that dr.gaurav malik is helping patients get rid of their dental problem through online consultation and video conferencing depending upon his time and availability.so if u have any dental problem u can ask dr.gaurav malik and he will ans.it personally depending upon his time and availability.for more details you can always login to our website www.shreekrishnadentalcare.com.kindly note down our 24×7 dental helpline no.9814871823.copyright of this article written by dr.gaurav malik exclusively with shree krishna dental care amritsar.