Trauma Guidelines

Guidelines for the management of traumatised incisors” – Please click the link below for our printable guide for the recommendations on what to do when a patient presents with trauma to a front tooth.

Download document link – Kent_Dental_Trauma_Guidelines_TPH_May_2016.pdf

Dental Trauma UK      https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk

Dental Trauma UK is a charity set up in 2014 to promote best practice in the management of injured, damaged or knocked out teeth following a traumatic dental incident.  This is a particularly good source of excellent and up-to-date advice. It is a subscription service (currently £30 annually). As a member you will get FREE access to the Dental Trauma Guide https://dentaltraumaguide.org and additionally you also have access to:

• Evening lectures to replace the annual conference free of charge
• Free CPD material – over 30 hours of eCPD
• Free access to ‘how-to-do’ videos
• Free patient information leaflets to use in your clinic

Colleagues may also wish to look at the very detailed (free access) recommendations from the 2020 International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries:

https://www.iadt-dentaltrauma.org/for-professionals.html

Their website offers advice on the following topics following trauma injuries to teeth and jaws:

1. General Introduction
2. Fractures and Luxations
3. Avulsion of Permanent Teeth
4. Injuries in the Primary Dentition

The 2020 Guidelines are now available in multiple languages (see IADT website)