Our Dental Services
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Below is a list of the most common dental emergencies we treat:
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When you have a dental emergency don't delay in getting it looked at be a dentist as soon as possible. Waiting can potentially make the issue worse.
For example, a dental infection, visible swelling, or recent dental trauma can all be considered dental emergencies that require immediate, professional attention. |
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Some dental emergencies, such as a knocked-out tooth, are obvious. However, other dental emergencies are conditions that may not seem urgent, but can quickly lead to serious problems without medical intervention. For example, a toothache can indicate an underlying dental infection, which can quickly turn into an abscess that spreads harmful bacteria to other parts of the body. Dental injuries require IMMEDIATE attention and appropriate response. Knowing how to handle these emergencies can mean the difference between saving and losing a tooth. This section is NOT to substitute a visit to the dentist, rather its purpose is to help and inform how to care for a variety of emergencies.
Knocked Out Tooth
Find the tooth and all of its parts – do NOT touch the root surface. Determine if the whole tooth has been knocked out. If the tooth looks clean, immediately insert it back in place. If the tooth is dirty, gently rinse it off with milk, saliva or water (water being the least desirable) – do NOT scrub or wipe the tooth off as remnants of the ligaments which hold the tooth in the jaw are attached and vital to the success of replanting the tooth. Try placing the tooth back in the socket – If impossible, place the tooth in a cup of milk or saliva (either in the mouth or patients spit). Get to your dentist IMMEDIATELY – the sooner you get there, the better chances you will have of saving your tooth!
Broken Jaw
If your jaw hurts when it is moved or you cannot close your mouth in a normal manner, immobilize the jaw with a towel or tie. Apply cold compresses to control the swelling. Go to a hospital emergency room IMMEDIATELY.
Broken, Cracked Or Chipped Tooth
If there is no other damage requiring hospital care, find the broken tooth fragments and take them to the dentist ASAP! Quick action can save a tooth, prevent infection and reduce the need for extensive dental treatment. Gently apply direct pressure on the gums above or below the tooth to stop any bleeding – do NOT press directly on the tooth. Rinse your mouth with warm water and apply cold compresses to reduce swelling. To avoid further aggravation of the damaged tooth, avoid this area of your mouth.
Bit Lip, Tongue Or Cheek
This includes tears, puncture wounds or lacerations. Clean the area with warm salt water and gently apply cold compresses to reduce any swelling. If the bleeding does not stop, go to a hospital emergency room as stitches may be required.
Toothache
Rinse your mouth with warm salt water to clean it out. Gently use dental floss to ensure there is no food or debris caught between the teeth. NEVER put any painkillers, etc, directly on the gum as it can burn the gum tissue. If pain persists, call your dentist. If the pain is keeping you up at night, painkillers are not helping, and you detect swelling on the gum line near the ache or on your face, contact your dentist IMMEDIATELY.
Objects Caught Between Teeth
Try to gently remove the object with dental floss, but avoid cutting the gums. NEVER use a sharp instrument to remove any object that is stuck between your teeth. If after several flossing attempts you cannot dislodge the object, contact your dentist.
Broken Crown, Bridge Or Denture
Save all of the parts and contact your dentist.
Crown Or Bridge Comes Off
Try to place the crown or bridge back in place WITHOUT force. You may use denture adhesive or even tooth-paste to glue the crown back on. The most important point is to make sure all the old cement is thouroughly cleaned out. It must fit back properly. Do NOT use household glue. Call the dentist as soon as possible to re-cement it properly to avoid fractures, swallowing, misplacement, etc.
Minor Fracture
For a minor fracture, a dentist can smooth it out and minimize the injury or do a composite restoration to it. Take extra care of your tooth for several days after treatment.
Moderate Fracture
You may have a moderate fracture if there is damage to your enamel, dentin or pulp. A permanent crown may be used if there is no permanent damage to the pulp. But if there were damage to it, then you would need further treatment.
Severe Fracture
Usually, a severe fracture would mean that the tooth is traumatized and there is little chance of recovery. Dental injuries include puncture wounds, tears and lacerations to the tongue, cheek or lips. In the event of an injury, have the wound cleaned, sutured and repaired. If there is bleeding due to a tongue laceration, then try to pull the tongue forward and use gauze to put some pressure on it.
Toothache pain
Injury to the gums or enamel can be very painful. At times, you may have dental ache and not recognize why. As an example, sudden pain may be because of portions of food that are available touch with a decayed place of the enamel. Meals, warmness or cold might also create strain close to the nerve and purpose pain. The nerve in the tooth additionally may be exposed if you lose a filling or crown.
Abscessed enamel
Whilst the interior of your mouth receives harm or angry, bacteria may additionally input and motive an contamination. Every so often you may see a painful swelling full of pus (a thick, yellowish fluid). If the pus can’t drain out, the region will get extra swollen and painful. That is known as an abscess. The abscess bureaucracy a barrier around the contamination. This is one manner that your body attempts to maintain a bacterial infection from spreading.
In case your enamel has been knocked out, come in at once. We are able to make every attempt to look you fast due to the fact time is of the essence. There is a window of time in which tooth can be correctly replanted, but quicker is genuinely higher.
Tooth extractionstooth extraction in riverdale
Some tooth are extracted due to the fact they are significantly decayed; others may additionally have advanced periodontal sickness, or have damaged in a manner that can't be repaired. Other tooth might also want elimination because they're poorly positioned inside the mouth (which include impacted tooth), or in training for orthodontic remedy.
Chipped enamel
Enamel are remarkably strong, but they can chip, crack (fracture) or ruin. Whilst a tooth chips or breaks, it is able to not harm. But, your tongue commonly feels the sharp vicinity pretty speedy. Minor tooth fractures usually don’t motive pain, but if a big piece of the teeth breaks off, it may harm. Intense soreness can also take place when nerve endings in are exposed to air, or to warm or cold ingredients or beverages.
Misplaced fillings or crowns
A lost filling or crown can be painful because the exposed teeth tissue is regularly touchy to temperature, pressure or air. Don’t wait too lengthy. What is left of the teeth will now not be as robust as your crown. It could be damaged more without the crown to protect it. Also, when a crown is missing for a long time, your tooth may also flow into the space wherein the crown become.
Some of the alternative problems we permit you to with consist of:
Oral and enamel infections
Injuries to the mouth and lips such as lacerations and abrasions
Issues with dental implants
Troubles following dental paintings
Find the tooth and all of its parts – do NOT touch the root surface. Determine if the whole tooth has been knocked out. If the tooth looks clean, immediately insert it back in place. If the tooth is dirty, gently rinse it off with milk, saliva or water (water being the least desirable) – do NOT scrub or wipe the tooth off as remnants of the ligaments which hold the tooth in the jaw are attached and vital to the success of replanting the tooth. Try placing the tooth back in the socket – If impossible, place the tooth in a cup of milk or saliva (either in the mouth or patients spit). Get to your dentist IMMEDIATELY – the sooner you get there, the better chances you will have of saving your tooth!
Broken Jaw
If your jaw hurts when it is moved or you cannot close your mouth in a normal manner, immobilize the jaw with a towel or tie. Apply cold compresses to control the swelling. Go to a hospital emergency room IMMEDIATELY.
Broken, Cracked Or Chipped Tooth
If there is no other damage requiring hospital care, find the broken tooth fragments and take them to the dentist ASAP! Quick action can save a tooth, prevent infection and reduce the need for extensive dental treatment. Gently apply direct pressure on the gums above or below the tooth to stop any bleeding – do NOT press directly on the tooth. Rinse your mouth with warm water and apply cold compresses to reduce swelling. To avoid further aggravation of the damaged tooth, avoid this area of your mouth.
Bit Lip, Tongue Or Cheek
This includes tears, puncture wounds or lacerations. Clean the area with warm salt water and gently apply cold compresses to reduce any swelling. If the bleeding does not stop, go to a hospital emergency room as stitches may be required.
Toothache
Rinse your mouth with warm salt water to clean it out. Gently use dental floss to ensure there is no food or debris caught between the teeth. NEVER put any painkillers, etc, directly on the gum as it can burn the gum tissue. If pain persists, call your dentist. If the pain is keeping you up at night, painkillers are not helping, and you detect swelling on the gum line near the ache or on your face, contact your dentist IMMEDIATELY.
Objects Caught Between Teeth
Try to gently remove the object with dental floss, but avoid cutting the gums. NEVER use a sharp instrument to remove any object that is stuck between your teeth. If after several flossing attempts you cannot dislodge the object, contact your dentist.
Broken Crown, Bridge Or Denture
Save all of the parts and contact your dentist.
Crown Or Bridge Comes Off
Try to place the crown or bridge back in place WITHOUT force. You may use denture adhesive or even tooth-paste to glue the crown back on. The most important point is to make sure all the old cement is thouroughly cleaned out. It must fit back properly. Do NOT use household glue. Call the dentist as soon as possible to re-cement it properly to avoid fractures, swallowing, misplacement, etc.
Minor Fracture
For a minor fracture, a dentist can smooth it out and minimize the injury or do a composite restoration to it. Take extra care of your tooth for several days after treatment.
Moderate Fracture
You may have a moderate fracture if there is damage to your enamel, dentin or pulp. A permanent crown may be used if there is no permanent damage to the pulp. But if there were damage to it, then you would need further treatment.
Severe Fracture
Usually, a severe fracture would mean that the tooth is traumatized and there is little chance of recovery. Dental injuries include puncture wounds, tears and lacerations to the tongue, cheek or lips. In the event of an injury, have the wound cleaned, sutured and repaired. If there is bleeding due to a tongue laceration, then try to pull the tongue forward and use gauze to put some pressure on it.
Toothache pain
Injury to the gums or enamel can be very painful. At times, you may have dental ache and not recognize why. As an example, sudden pain may be because of portions of food that are available touch with a decayed place of the enamel. Meals, warmness or cold might also create strain close to the nerve and purpose pain. The nerve in the tooth additionally may be exposed if you lose a filling or crown.
Abscessed enamel
Whilst the interior of your mouth receives harm or angry, bacteria may additionally input and motive an contamination. Every so often you may see a painful swelling full of pus (a thick, yellowish fluid). If the pus can’t drain out, the region will get extra swollen and painful. That is known as an abscess. The abscess bureaucracy a barrier around the contamination. This is one manner that your body attempts to maintain a bacterial infection from spreading.
In case your enamel has been knocked out, come in at once. We are able to make every attempt to look you fast due to the fact time is of the essence. There is a window of time in which tooth can be correctly replanted, but quicker is genuinely higher.
Tooth extractionstooth extraction in riverdale
Some tooth are extracted due to the fact they are significantly decayed; others may additionally have advanced periodontal sickness, or have damaged in a manner that can't be repaired. Other tooth might also want elimination because they're poorly positioned inside the mouth (which include impacted tooth), or in training for orthodontic remedy.
Chipped enamel
Enamel are remarkably strong, but they can chip, crack (fracture) or ruin. Whilst a tooth chips or breaks, it is able to not harm. But, your tongue commonly feels the sharp vicinity pretty speedy. Minor tooth fractures usually don’t motive pain, but if a big piece of the teeth breaks off, it may harm. Intense soreness can also take place when nerve endings in are exposed to air, or to warm or cold ingredients or beverages.
Misplaced fillings or crowns
A lost filling or crown can be painful because the exposed teeth tissue is regularly touchy to temperature, pressure or air. Don’t wait too lengthy. What is left of the teeth will now not be as robust as your crown. It could be damaged more without the crown to protect it. Also, when a crown is missing for a long time, your tooth may also flow into the space wherein the crown become.
Some of the alternative problems we permit you to with consist of:
Oral and enamel infections
Injuries to the mouth and lips such as lacerations and abrasions
Issues with dental implants
Troubles following dental paintings
