Which item is not a typical component of a pediatric dental emergency management plan for traumatic injuries?

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In pediatric dental trauma emergencies, the focus is on immediate stabilization and addressing the injury itself, not cosmetic outcomes. The priority steps include ensuring the patient’s airway and vitals are stable, evaluating for geniofacial trauma, and using radiographs to identify fractures, luxations, or other injuries, followed by temporary management to protect and stabilize teeth (such as splinting or provisional restorations) while healing and definitive treatment are planned. Cosmetic whitening after injury does not help manage the acute damage or healing process and is not part of an emergency plan. It may be considered later, once healing is complete and definitive care has been addressed, but it should not be a component of acute management.