Seek emergency dental care for pain, swelling, bleeding, or lost/broken teeth to prevent complications and ensure proper treatment.
Case
Patient Complaint
What The Patient Can Do
What The Dentist Can Do
Fractured Tooth.
Broken tooth.
severe or mild pain according to its size
Call for an emergency appointment.
Filling (nerve not affected), Root Canal Treatment (if it is affected).
Knocked Out Tooth.
Tooth that comes out of its socket.
Missing tooth, pain, & bleeding.
Keep the tooth under your tongue or in a glass of milk & call for an emergency appointment.
Replant the natural tooth or put in an immediate implant.
Intruded Tooth.
Tooth forced into the bone.
Pain.
Call for an emergency appointment.
X-rays, wait 6 months for re-eruption.
Apical Periodontitis.
Inflammation around the root of a tooth.
Severe pain on touching the tooth that prevents chewing.
Call for an emergency appointment.
Root Canal Treatment.
Acute Pulpitis.
Inflammation of the tooth nerve.
Severe pain upon cold application.
Call for an emergency appointment.
Root Canal Treatment under a heavy dose of anesthesia.
Fractured Root.
Broken root of a tooth.
Pain and tooth mobility.
Do not touch the tooth and call for an emergency appointment.
Tooth will be splinted (Fixed to adjacent teeth) for about 3 months.
Acute Abscess.
Pus under the root.
Facial swelling. The tooth becomes sensitive to touch, and has some mobility.
Start Antibiotics ASAP.
Call for an emergency appointment.
Root Canal Treatment.
Bleeding.
Bleeding that continues for more than one hour after any surgical procedures.
A large amount of blood, exceeding normal.
Apply pressure to the area for 15 minutes using:
• Clean gauze.
• Wet tea bag.
• Piece of cotton that is wetted with vitamin K.
If bleeding continues, please call for an emergency appointment.
