Update in Dental Trauma

This video provides an update in dental trauma by covering some of the common pitfalls that dentists may find when treating a child or adult who has sustained a dental trauma and highlights the key changes to the 2020 International Association of Dental Traumatology guidelines.

Dental trauma is stressful for everyone involved, the child or adult patient, the family or parent and the treating dentist and staff. The key to managing dental trauma is to make the appointment calm and efficient for the family. To do so, dentists must be aware of how to take a good trauma history, a timeline of events, clean and examine the patient, pick up on red-flags of non-accidental injuries and more serious injuries that surpass dental management, and consider the treatment options in the acute phase of management.