Dental Emergencies

If you fall and break your tooth, you’ll probably know that you need emergency dental treatment. Injuries that cause structural damage to a tooth can really hurt. If you experience a toothache and notice that a piece of your tooth has chipped or broken off, then rinse your mouth carefully with warm water. If it’s bleeding, then apply pressure with clean moist gauze until the bleeding stops (usually no longer than about ten minutes) and call our office to schedule an appointment.

If it is only partially displaced, try to straighten it out. If your tooth feels severely loose, it may be partially dislodged, especially if you’ve suffered a traumatic impact lately. Take great care not to pull the tooth out, and visit us immediately for appropriate treatment. A cold compress or ice pack to the side of the face can help reduce pain and swelling and apply pressure by gently biting on gauze, if necessary, to hold the dislodged tooth in its socket.