I am a preschool teacher. I would like to know what to do if a child knocks out a tooth?

A primary tooth is not replanted into the tooth socket, so it is not important to look for it at the scene of the accident; instead, focus on the injured child and take them to a dentist or doctor. Permanent teeth can be reinserted into the alveolus (their original position), so it is important to find the tooth at the site of injury. You can replant the tooth yourself: rinse the tooth with saline solution (never with water or alcohol), orient it correctly and push it into the alveolus, then have the child bite gently on a folded gauze pad or tissue. In this state, take the child to the dentist. If you cannot do this, store the tooth in saline solution, milk or saliva. Place the closed plastic bag containing the tooth and the medium (saline, saliva, milk, blood) inside another bag containing a cooling medium (ice, cold water) and close it again. Take the tooth and the injured child to the dentist as quickly as possible. Reimplantations are very successful within the first six hours after injury. Of course, with such injuries you must first and foremost pay attention to factors that could (God forbid) endanger the patient's life (major bleeding, injury to the head and neck, choking on a tooth, blood or saliva, level of consciousness...) May there be as few injuries as possible!