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About Emergency Dental Services

With our Emergency Dental Services, we provide special care to your damaged tooth with the help of latest technologies.

What are dental emergencies?

  • Dental trauma, most notably when teeth are broken or knocked out
  • Broken fillings, cracked tooth
  • Severe dental pain, which can make it hard to bite or chew
  • Dental infections that cause pain and swelling of the tongue, gums, and face
  • TMJ, or lockjaw, a painful condition that makes it difficult to open and close your mouth

What to Do in a Dental Emergency?

Many people try to relieve the pain of a broken tooth with the help of over-the-counter medications, but this only provides temporary relief, and it does nothing to solve the underlying problem.

In order to help you ease the discomfort on your teeth, we have a set of therapies which can help you to submerge the agonizing pain.

  • Rinse your mouth with warm water. This will wash away germs and cleanse the area.
  • If your tooth is broken or completely removed, place the tooth or fragment in a whole cup of milk or store it between your cheek and tongue to keep it moist. If your entire tooth has been knocked out, try to reinsert it first. If successful, bite down on a gauze pad to keep it in place.
  • Make sure you can convey the exact cause of the dental emergency, such as getting hit in the face with a ball or falling down the stairs. The more details you can provide the better. This will help us determine the best treatment for you.
  • Do not take aspirin before your visit. Instead, take ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
  • During your initial visit, the dentist will perform an assessment of your teeth and mouth, checking for signs of infection and other diseases. The dentist will then prepare you for the appropriate procedure
  • The time it takes to perform emergency dental care depends on the cause of the problem. For example, infection in the gums or teeth can generally be treated quickly, usually with a scraping or other cleaning procedure and a prescription for antibiotics to be taken at home.
  • Other emergency dental procedures may take longer. For example, a broken tooth can take about two hours to set and repair, while a missing filling or crown can take an hour or so to replace. For knocked-out teeth, our experts will either try to repair the tooth or begin the process of creating a bridge or implant.
  • Most nerve-related dental emergencies, including TMJ or exposed nerves, are treated with a numbing agent placed right on the affected area. However, the dentist may schedule a follow-up to treat the source of the pain and prevent future dental emergencies.