Knocked Out
No one plans to knock out a permanent adult tooth, but responding quickly to an incident makes the difference between saving the tooth versus losing it forever. The complete removal of the tooth from the socket and finding it on the floor (yikes!) is called an avulsion. In this case, the tooth is completely severed from its nerve and blood supply in which a timely response is needed to save it. (Please note, that if it is a baby tooth, you do not need to save it.) So what