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Dental Emergency? Call Right Away!
We often think of dental visits as dates we lay out on the calendar six months in advance, but just as with anything having to do with health, there are times when an unexpected dental issue requires emergency treatment.
Knocked-out teeth, throbbing toothaches, bleeding of the gums, injuries to the mouth interior, and getting a foreign object lodged between teeth are all common dental emergencies.
They can happen to anyone, and Dr. Vakil is dedicated to making herself available when they do.
Useful Dental Emergency Information
All dental emergencies should include calling our office to ask if Dr. Vakil thinks you need to be seen immediately. If that is the case, she will find time for you that day.
By contacting the office right away, you’ll be giving Dr. Vakil an opportunity to provide advance instructions that will make the success of emergency treatment much more likely–that includes figuring out how quickly you need to be seen and how to work that appointment into our schedule.
In the case of severe jaw trauma or other severe injury, she may instruct you to go directly to a hospital emergency room.
But please bring dental emergencies to Dr. Vakil first, as ER personnel tend not to be trained in the finer points of dental treatment, which can be very different from the types of trauma they deal with day-to-day.
Don’t wait, call Dr. Nikita Vakil today!
Tooth Pain
Rinse with warm or salt water. Gently brush and floss around the tooth. Take ibuprofen or acetaminophen for pain. Apply a cold compress to the outer cheek.
Knocked-out Tooth
Without touching the root, carefully rinse the tooth with water, put it in place, bite down gently, and see if you can hold it in place. If that fails, put the tooth in a cup of milk and bring it here with you.
Tooth Moved but Connected to the Gum
Try moving the tooth into place and then gently biting down to stabilize it. Rinse your mouth with warm water and take an over-the-counter pain reliever for inflammation.
Broken Tooth
Control bleeding with clean, folded gauze, cloth, or paper towel. Gently clean the area with warm water and place a cold compress over it.
Soft-tissue Mouth Injury
Repeatedly rinse with warm water. Use tea bags or gauze to apply pressure to the area (approximately 15 minutes). If the area is swollen or bruised, apply a cold compress outside the area.
Persistent Post-extraction Bleeding
Using enough sterile gauze to keep the upper and lower teeth slightly apart, place the gauze on the extraction site and bite down for a half hour, replacing gauze as necessary.