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Avulsed Tooth

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Updated June 09, 2010

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Definition: An avulsed tooth is one that has been knocked out or lost suddenly due to a trauma, resulting in the tooth being forcibly detached from the connective tissues and bone that normally surround it.

Also Known As: Knocked out tooth, lost tooth, missing tooth

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