A knocked out, or broken tooth can happen in a car accident, a bike accident, or even by a freak accident when playing a contact sport or doing physically intensive work. If it does happen, seek emergency dental treatment immediately. For a broken tooth, rinse and clean your mouth with warm water. Use cold compresses on the area to keep any swelling down until you get to see our emergency dentist. If a tooth gets knocked out completely, it’s imperative to get to the emergency dentist as quickly as possible. Before you see an emergency dentist follow those steps Avoid touching the root of the tooth, so you do not contaminate it.  Instead of touching the root, hold the tooth by its crown. If the tooth does become contaminated,  simply put rinse it with water. After rinsing the tooth put the tooth in a container of milk and try to get to a dentist within 30 minutes. The emergency dentist will want to properly implant the tooth right away because the longer the tooth is out of its socket, the more likely it may be rejected by your gum as a foreign object.