Emergency dental kit

Instruments

  • Sterile No. 4 dental mirrors (pack of 12) and handles (single use/disposable)
  • Sterile dental tweezers (single use/disposable)
  • Sterile cheek and tongue retractors
  • Large syringes for irrigation
  • Sterile suturing equipment
    • 3.0 plain resorbable suture (eg Vicryl, plain gut)

Medicines and remedies

  • Dry socket dressing (eg Alvogyl)*
  • Temporary filling material (eg Cavit)* — chewing gum or blu tak could also be used
  • Oil of cloves (eugenol), small glass container to tip oil into
  • Topical anaesthetic (eg prilocaine + lidocaine [lignocaine] cream)
  • Dental pain relief
  • Normal saline, sterile

* Important for clinics to keep in stock

Dressings

  • Cotton pellets, or small pieces of cotton wool rolled in gloved fingers to same size as hole in tooth
  • Sterile cotton gauze
  • Cotton buds
  • Gelatine sponge (eg Gelfoam)

Other

  • Suction equipment OR cup and tissues for spitting
  • Aluminium foil
  • Sterile specimen jar (tooth or fragment storage)
  • Milk

Personal protection

  • Gloves, mask, goggles/glasses, gown

Temporary filling materials

  • Used if hole in tooth sensitive, to replace lost filling for a short time
  • If Cavit not available — use chewing gum or blu tak
  • Cavit has consistency of plasticine, hardens in presence of water, will not last more than a few weeks or stay in chipped front tooth
  • Will not help with toothache