104 Dental Emergencies

EM Basic

Join Dr. Alex Koo, active duty Army emergency physician, as he discusses dental emergencies, a common emergency department complaint, but an uncommon educational topic. We'll discuss an approach to collecting a focused history, physical, as well as formulating a thorough differential and treatments for common ED dental emergencies. Some questions that we'll answer are:

• What are the red flags we should be aware about for dental complaints?
• What is the basic anatomy and nomenclature for numbering teeth?
• What differential should be considered for traumatic and atraumatic dental complaints?
• How should we treat dental pain?
• How do I splint a tooth in the emergency department?

We answer these questions and more in this episode!