Ivy Endodontics at Princeton · Advanced Procedures
Dental Truama
A knocked-out, cracked, or injured tooth is a dental emergency. Fast, expert care in the first hours after trauma can make the difference between saving your tooth and losing it permanently.
Act Fast. Save Your Tooth.
At Ivy Endodontics at Princeton, we treat dental trauma with the same urgency you feel when it happens. Whether the injury occurred during sports, a fall, an accident, or any unexpected impact, our team is equipped to evaluate your tooth, relieve your pain, and give you the best possible chance of a full recovery often on the same day you call.
What Is Dental Trauma?
Dental trauma refers to any injury to the teeth, gums, surrounding bone, or soft tissues of the mouth resulting from a sudden physical impact or accident. These injuries range from minor chips and cracks to complete tooth displacement and root fractures and they can affect both children and adults.
Endodontists are the specialists best equipped to manage dental trauma. We have advanced training in evaluating and treating injuries that affect the inner structures of the tooth the pulp, the root, and the surrounding tissue which are almost always involved when a tooth is injured.
Types of Dental Injuries We Treat
Dental trauma takes many forms, and the appropriate treatment depends on the type and severity of the injury, how much time has passed since it occurred, and the age and overall dental health of the patient. We treat all of the following:
- Chipped or fractured teeth: Only deeper fractures involving the pulp requiring a root canal procedure.
- Cracked teeth: A crack extends from the chewing surface down toward the root. These can be difficult to detect on X-rays but often cause sharp pain when biting. Prompt treatment is important before the crack progresses.
- Luxated teeth: The tooth is still in the socket but has been pushed sideways, forward, backward, or deeper into the jawbone. Repositioning the tooth and stabilizing it quickly gives the best chance of survival.
- Avulsed teeth (knocked-out teeth): The tooth has been completely displaced from the socket. This is a true dental emergency. Time is critical: the sooner the tooth is reimplanted, the higher the likelihood of saving it.
- Root fractures: A fracture occurs along the root of the tooth, sometimes invisible on standard X-rays. We use advanced cone-beam CT imaging to detect and assess these injuries accurately.
- Injuries to primary (baby) teeth — Trauma to baby teeth requires careful evaluation to ensure the developing permanent tooth beneath is not damaged.
Why Choose Ivy Endodontics at Princeton for Dental Trauma?
Dental trauma requires more than general dentistry it requires the kind of specialized training, precision imaging, and surgical skill that endodontists bring to every appointment. Our team has extensive experience managing both simple and complex traumatic dental injuries in patients of all ages.
We use cone-beam computed tomography to evaluate root fractures and bone injuries that standard X-rays often miss. Our surgical microscopes allow us to examine affected tissue with a level of detail that is simply not possible with the naked eye. And because trauma cases are time-sensitive, we maintain same-day availability for emergency consultations.
When an injury happens, you want to know you are in the right hands. At Ivy Endodontics at Princeton, treating these cases with precision, compassion, and urgency is exactly what we do.
Experienced a Dental Injury? We're Here to Help Today.
Do not wait to seek care after a dental injury. The sooner you are evaluated, the greater the chance we can save your tooth. Our team at Ivy Endodontics at Princeton is available for same-day emergency consultations. Call us now or request an appointment online.