Dislodged Tooth Should Be Placed In Milk Or Patient’s Saliva In Transit To Dentist.

A CBS’ The Doctors (4/7) segment on first aid “dos and don’ts” offered patient advice on what to do if a tooth is dislodged. During the segment, Reader’s Digest editor-in-chief Liz Vaccariello discussed several first aid situations, noting that a tooth that has been knocked out should not be washed or put in any alcohol or peroxide solution. Instead, patients should place the tooth in a container with a small amount of their own saliva or milk. Moreover, during the segment host Dr. Travis Stork advised patients to “get to your dentist as soon as possible, because that tooth could literally be re-implanted and potentially survive if you do the right thing with it.”