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Management of Dental Emergencies in Children and Adolescents



Edited by

PD Dr. med. dent. Klaus W. Neuhaus, MMA MAS
Clinic of Periodontology, Endodontology and Cariology
University Center for Dental Medicine Basel
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;
Private dental office, Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland


Prof. em. Dr. med. dent. Adrian Lussi, dipl. Chem.Ing. ETHZ
Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry
School of Dental Medicine
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland






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Contributors

Julia Amato
Department of Periodontology,
Endodontology and Cariology,
University Center for Dental Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Wolfgang H. Arnold
Department of Biological and Material
Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry,
Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke
University, Witten, Germany

Dick S. Barendregt
Department of Periodontology,
ACTA, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
Private dental office Proclin Rotterdam,
Netherlands

Michael M. Bornstein
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology,
Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry,
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
China

Thiago Saads Carvalho
Department of Restorative,
Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry,
School for Dental Medicine,
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Renata Chałas
Department of Conservative Dentistry
and Endodontics, Medical University of
Lublin, Lublin, Poland

Vivianne Chappuis
Department of Oral Surgery and
Stomatology, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Karl Dula
Department of Oral Surgery and
Stomatology, School for Dental Medicine,
Bern, Switzerland; Private dental office,
Chiasso, Switzerland

Edwin Eggink
Private dental office Proclin Rotterdam,
Netherlands

Andreas Filippi
Department of Oral Surgery and
Center of Dental Traumatology,
University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Vlasios Goulioumis
Department of Operative and Preventive
Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of
Health, Witten/Herdecke University,
Witten, Germany

Stefan Hänni
Department of Preventive,
Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry,
School for Dental Medicine, University
of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Private
endodontic office, Bern, Switzerland

Roswitha Heinrich‐Weltzien
Department of Preventive and Paediatric
Dentistry, Jena University Hospital,
Jena, Germany

Nicola P. Innes
Department of Paediatric Dentistry,
School of Dentistry, University of Dundee,
Dundee, United Kingdom

Samira Helena João‐Souza
Department of Restorative, Preventive
and Pediatric Dentistry, School for Dental
Medicine, University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland

Hrvoje Jurić
Department of Paediatric and Preventive
Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Gabriel Krastl
Department of Conservative Dentistry
and Periodontology and Center of Dental
Traumatology, University Hospital of
Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Jan Kühnisch
Department of Conservative Dentistry
and Periodontology,
Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University,
Munich, Germany

Rafael Lazarin
Department of Oral Surgery and
Stomatology, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Maria Lessani
School of Dentistry, Birmingham, United
Kingdom; Private dental office, London,
United Kingdom

Manfred Leunisse
Clinic for Orthodontics, Rotterdam,
Netherlands

Marcel L. E. Linssen
Private dental office Proclin Rotterdam,
Netherlands

Adrian Lussi
Department of Preventive, Restorative
and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental
Medicine, University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland

Birte Melsen
Department of Orthodontics, University of
Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Joana Monteiro
Department of Paediatric Dentistry,
Eastman Dental Hospital, London,
United Kingdom

Ella A. Naumova
Department of Biological and Material
Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry,
Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke
University, Witten, Germany

Klaus W. Neuhaus
Clinic of Periodontology, Endodontology
and Cariology, University Center
for Dental Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;
Private dental office, Herzogenbuchsee,
Switzerland

Jakob Passweg
Department of Hematology, University
Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Isabelle Portenier
Department of Endodontics, Dental Faculty,
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;
Private dental clinic, Nyon, Switzerland and
Oslo, Norway

Adrian M. Ramseier
Department of Oral Health & Medicine,
University Center for Dental Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Dan‐Krister Rechenberg
Clinic of Preventive Dentistry,
Periodontology and Cariology, Center of
Dental Medicine, University of Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland

Nadja Rohr
Department of Reconstructive Dentistry,
University Center for Dental Medicine
Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Markus Schaffner
Department of Preventive, Restorative
and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental
Medicine, University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland

Nathalie Scheidegger Stojan
Private dental office, Biel, Switzerland

Falk Schwendicke
Department of Operative and Preventive
Dentistry, Charité Centre for Dental
Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Richard Steffen
Clinic of Orthodontics and Paediatric
Dentistry, University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;
Private dental office, Weinfelden,
Switzerland

Eirini Stratigaki
Clinic of Orthodontics and Pediatric
Oral Health, University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland

Valerie G. A. Suter
Department of Oral Surgery and
Stomatology, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Hubertus van Waes
Clinic of Orthodontics and Pediatric
Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine,
University of Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland

Carlalberta Verna
Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric
Dentistry, University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland

Tuomas Waltimo
Department of Oral Health & Medicine
University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Cynthia K. Y. Yiu
Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry,
The University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China

Nicola U. Zitzmann
Department of Reconstructive Dentistry,
University Center for Dental Medicine
Basel, University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland

Andrea Zürcher
Department of Oral Surgery and
Center of Dental Traumatology,
University Center for Dental
Medicine Basel,
University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland

Preface

Dear readers,

Dental emergency situations are often demanding due to the patient’s pain, or due to time constraints on the dentists’ side. When children or adolescents suffer dental emergencies, the situation might be even more challenging because of the patients’ age, the worried patients, not rarely accompanied by loud screaming. In this setting it is demanding for the dental team to remain quiet and provide the necessary and considerate treatment.

This book aims at providing some assistance to dental practitioners in order to better manage potentially stressful situations with children and adolescents in the dental office.

The focus lies on the management of therapeutic demands.

The content of this book is not totally new. Knowledge can be obtained from books on dental traumatology, cariology, pediatric dentistry, endodontology, or orthodontics. However, this is the first time that a textbook particularly emphasizes how to manage emergency situations with young patients only, and which treatments potentially could be offered once the acute emergency is over.

While the first section of the book recapitulates the biologic and developmental differences between treatment of adults vs. children/adolescents, the following chapters emphasize how to manage tooth substance loss, how to deal with endodontic problems in deciduous teeth or in teeth with an open apex. Furthermore, general dental practitioners should be aware of the long‐term consequences of early tooth loss, and of methods to deal with that.

Because teeth are not the only possible cause for emergencies in the dental office, other chapters focus on oral health related problems and on the management of non‐infective conditions.

We are happy about the more than competent team of contributing authors. We chose authors that deal with young to very young patients every day in order to guarantee as much practical relevance as possible. At the same time the authors are experienced lecturers and have up‐to‐date theoretical knowledge included in their chapters.

We hope that reading this book help the readers to acquire a higher level of confidence while coping with demanding emergency situations of children and adolescents during daily work.

Klaus W. Neuhaus
Adrian Lussi

Invited Preface

Dental emergencies in children and adolescents are ‘grist for the mill’ for paediatric dentists and endodontists. However, during our initial dental training, we are mostly taught by individual disciplines, and therefore it is easy to miss the interdisciplinary nature of the care required for paediatric and adolescent emergencies that provides the best outcome for the patient.

To have a book that brings the elements of comprehensive emergency care together is of great benefit to clinicians. The editors have brought together a host of dental clinicians as authors who have a wealth of relevant experience that is shared in the text.

Emergencies in children are different to those for older individuals. As development is still occurring, this has great influence on treatment planning, as well as the ability to provide the best care for the child. Development includes both physical, psychological and behavioural aspects, and these need to be considered in both immediate and long‐term definitive care.

Treatment of emergencies has evolved over the years as the evidence has improved, however, there is still much to learn regarding the most appropriate care for the individual patient. For example, the chapter on management of deep carious lesions illustrates the vast changes that have evolved as the related evidence‐base increases in size and validity – treatment of the deep carious lesion is far less aggressive than in previous decades, as the importance of maintenance of pulpal health and ‘sealing’ of the lesion has become preeminent.

Another example is the chapter on regenerative endodontics, an area of clinical care that was non‐existent 25 years ago. The use of MTA, and now including newer calcium silicate‐based materials, has revolutionised endodontics. The ability to encourage healthy tissue to re‐establish itself in a root canal system previously filled with necrotic tissue creates the possibility of continued root development in a partially developed tooth and has wide‐ranging clinical consequences.

In paediatric and adolescent emergencies, treatment decisions often need to be made immediately, therefore a sound understanding of the short‐ and long‐term consequences of treatment options is vital, and the following text provides the clinician with a sound base to inform these decisions. The decision may be as dichotomous as whether to replant an avulsed permanent incisor or not – leading to the thought process which may include – how long has the extra‐oral time been? How long was the ‘dry time’? What storage medium has been used? How developed is the tooth? Is the soft tissue and/or bony socket damaged? Is the child capable of accepting care in the dental chair, or will sedation or a general anaesthesia be necessary? Will this change my treatment options or recommendations? What do I talk to the parents about? Do I have informed consent? Should I extirpate the pulpal tissue – now or later, or at all? When and how often is follow‐up? What tests should I undertake? All leading to the question – what is the best option for the individual patient?

This contextually broad but concise text provides the clinician with ample information on how to deal with emergencies, from pulpotomies to facial swellings to post‐trauma orthodontic tooth movement. The comprehensive nature of the text covering treatment of both the primary and permanent dentitions makes it a valuable reference text that should be in all dental clinics.

Prof. David Manton
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following persons:

Bernadette Rawyler, ZMK Bern, for her wonderfully clear yet artistic figures in this book. You deserve the best!

Jessica Evans, Wiley, for encouraging to pursue the idea of compiling this book.

Jayadivya Saiprasad, Wiley, for her constant support and her prompt help whenever it was needed.

Monisha Swaminathan, Wiley, for her assistance in the production process.

Tim West, Wiley, for a tremendous job in copyediting the manuscript.

Susan Engelken, Wiley, for organizing the layout.

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Unit 1
General Considerations for Emergency Management in Children and Adolescents