How to Handle Dental Emergencies!
Accidents and dental emergencies do happen, but how you respond will determine whether you save or destroy your teeth. Oh, yes! I can imagine what you’re thinking: as if dealing with dental anxiety wasn’t stressful enough, now you have to handle a dental emergency. It is unquestionably an emergency when your baby falls on his face, or you have a severe toothache. People frequently rush to the nearest emergency rooms or hospitals in these situations.
Have you heard of an emergency dentist?
What are dental emergencies?
According to the Canadian Dental Association, dental emergencies are potentially life-threatening and require immediate treatment to stop ongoing tissue bleeding or to relieve severe pain or infection.
The distinction between a dental emergency and a dental urgency is subtle. While emergencies are typically life-threatening, an urgency focuses on managing conditions that need quick attention to relieve intense pain or a probable infection
Both can be handled by an emergency dentist in a dental setup, but emergencies do require ambulatory measures thereafter,
Dental emergencies:
- Uncontrolled bleeding
- Cellulitis or swellings that affect the airway, causing difficulty in breathing.
- Road traffic accidents involving head and neck injuries.
Dental urgencies include the following:
- Toothache: excruciating dental pain. Toothaches can be caused by dental infections, biting on something hard, stuck food, or gum recession.
- Wisdom tooth pain.
- Abscess or pus-filled pimple on the gums.
- A fractured tooth, caused by a sudden blow, hard food, or a fall.
- Avulsed tooth / knocked-out tooth: an accident causing a tooth to pop out. It is prevalent in kids and happens to adults as well.
- Post-operative pain: after an extraction, root canal therapy, etc., there can be an exacerbation of pain and swelling.
How to handle dental emergencies and urgencies like a pro:
The answer is to visit your emergency dentist. What does an emergency dentist do ?
1. The dentist can accurately diagnose dental emergencies and explain the dos and don’ts. He will refer you to an emergency room in a hospital with the correct references.
2. Toothaches are painful and brutal and can leave you with headaches, earaches, and restless nights. An emergency dentist performs a quick gum cleaning, saline wash, or tooth filling to alleviate the pain. If you are unable to see a dentist, you could gargle with warm salt water and take an over-the-counter pain reliever for immediate relief. Â
The last molar hurts when it is erupting. Furthermore, it is typically found to be impacted in the current population. This leaves very little to no room for it to erupt. Tooth decay, gum overgrowth, and recurrent food lodgment are the main causes of tooth and ear pain in that region. The dentist will surgically remove the tooth under local anesthesia.
the dentist evaluates the extent of the fracture to either salvage the tooth or extract it and replace the same with a dental implant.
Quick tips to address dental emergencies at home:
- Warm water with a pinch of salt rinses
- Paracetamol to alleviate the pain
- Clove oil for a swollen gum
- Keeping a wound clean
Emergency Dentistry in Waterdown is synonymous with Magnolia Dental. Magnolia Dental is one of Waterdown’s upscale dental practices. The clinic is accepting new patients and would love to have you. Book a dental appointment easily through the website, or just give a call and speak to a member of the team who will be happy to assist you with a same day emergency appointment.
