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