Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If

• You think your child has a serious injury
• Minor bleeding won't stop after 10 minutes of direct pressure
• Split open or gaping cut that may need stitches
• Gaping cut through border of the lip where it meets the skin
• Severe pain
• Difficulty swallowing fluids or saliva
• Caused by a pencil or other long object and injury to back of the mouth
• Mouth looks infected (fever, spreading redness, increasing pain or swelling after 48 hours) (Note: Any healing wound in the mouth is normally white for several days.)