What are common dental emergencies and what do you do?
A dental emergency can happen at any time. It is important that you are educated to identify when there is a dental emergency and what to do next. It is crucial to your oral health that you take the correct action to save yourself from any complications in the future. There are many different dental emergencies that can happen, but some are more common in every day life than others. Here are the most common dental emergencies you may run into:
Tooth Loss
Losing a tooth as an adult can be very frightening. A lot of teeth are lost doing something active like sports, biking, working out, etc. If you experience losing a tooth, follow these steps to save it:
- Dont touch the root, handle the tooth by the crown
- Try to find any cracks or fractures on the root
- Don’t rub the tooth to remove dirt. This could damage the surface of the tooth
- Soak the tooth in lukewarm water to remove debris for no longer than 10 seconds. Rinsing it in a sink could damage the root surface making it unsavable.
- Try to put the tooth back into your socket. If it doesn’t go in all the way, bite down gently on gauze to hold it in place until you see a dentist.
- Call Emergency Dentists Now to get an appointment with a dentist immediately to get the tooth fixed properly .
Chipped or Cracked Tooth
A chipped tooth may seem like a cosmetic problem, but it could turn into a dental emergency fast. If you chip your tooth enough to expose the nerve, you may experience more pain than you would think. ignoring it may cause damage to your tooth enamel causing pain and increase in sensitivity. Here is what to do when you chip a tooth:
- Rinse out your mouth
- Floss to remove any food that may upset the wound
- Use dental wax on the jagged edge to avoid cutting the inside of your mouth
- Call us immediately so we can find you the fastest appointment to get your tooth fixed.
Broken Dental Work
Many of us have previous dental work done to help take care of our oral health or help improve the cosmetic look of our teeth. The different dental work may include:
- Dental Bridges
- Appliances (such as a retainer)
- Fillings
- Crowns
- Braces
If you have damage done to your dental work, it is imperative to get that fixed correctly so that doesn’t happen again. Your normal dentist may be able to fix your broken dental work a week or two after the incident. Give Emergency Dentists Now and we can get you an appointment with the correct dentist at a much faster timeframe.
Loose or Displaced Tooth
A blow to the mouth may loosen or even displace your teeth. This happens during a pick up game of basketball, a hard fall on a set of stairs or even accidentally running into something. You never know when something like this could happen. Although it may not be that serious at first, it could lead to some serious damage in the long-run. Here is some tips to do when this happens:
- Dont force the tooth back yourself
- Apply gauze to any bleeding from the tooth
- Look for any changes in color of the tooth
- Get an x-ray from a dentist to examine the damage and find a solution
- Call Emergency Dentists Now to get connected with a dentist to do your x-rays quickly.
Oral Infections
Bacteria and viruses can cause oral infections in your mouth that can cause pain and long-term damage. Most of the time, oral infections are caused by a lack of oral hygiene. Plaque build up around your teeth can increase damage to your soft tissue. Here is how to test if you may have an oral infection:
- Gently tap on your tooth. A tooth that has an infection on the root is sensitive to the touch
- Get an x-ray to identify a potential abscess
- Have a dentist look over the infection and provide a solution to relieve your pain
- Give us a call and we can provide the right dentist for you quickly
What we can do for you
These common dental emergencies seem to happen at the worst possible time and it is a pain to take care of the problem while you are in physical pain. We take the hardship of finding the correct dentist at the quickest time for you. Our network of dentists make it easy for us to find the dentist that will relieve your pain at the earliest convenience. Don’t waste your time calling multiple dentist offices to get you in the same day, we will do that for you!
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