Emergency Dental Treatment In White Rock, BC & South Surrey, BC

Dental emergencies can have many causes, including accidents, sports-related injuries, tooth decay and infection.

You may have a dental emergency if you have any of the following:

• a traumatic injury to your mouth, jaw or teeth
• severe pain that you cannot control with over-the-counter pain medication • uncontrolled bleeding
• severe swelling in your mouth, face or neck

NOTE: If you have trouble breathing or your mouth continuously fills with blood, call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.

An emergency dentist can help in many situations including:

• Toothache relief
• Oral pain relief
• Emergency tooth extraction
• Restoration of a loose filling or crown (sometimes a temporary solution)
• Dental infection care
• Broken brackets or wires
• Wisdom tooth pain management

While it is an uncommon situation, sometimes a fall or physical contact with another person will result in a tooth being displaced. Usually, these situations will be accompanied by cuts, swelling, bruises, and pain. Most of these situations require immediate attention from a dentist who can re-position a tooth/ the teeth if possible. If a displaced tooth happened when you are unable to be seen by any medical personal immediately, you may attempt to rinse off any contaminants and place the tooth in milk or saliva until you can be seen. Unfortunately, the survivability of such a tooth outside the mouth decreases rapidly.

Rinse the mouth using warm water; rinse any broken pieces. If there’s bleeding, apply a piece of gauze to the area for about 10 minutes or until the bleeding stops. Apply a cold compress to the outside of the mouth, cheek, or lip near the broken/chipped tooth to keep any swelling down and relieve pain.

You should get in touch with your emergency dentist as soon as your bridge falls out. Delaying treatment could result in further damage to your abutment teeth.

Once the entire procedure is complete and the final restorations placed, they will actually feel or function like your natural teeth!

It is not necessary to visit emergency room for a dental emergency unless you have experienced trauma to the mouth or face, experiencing severe bleeding or you are experiencing life-threatening symptoms. If you are experiencing a dental emergency, you should call your emergency dentist immediately.

In most cases, emergency tooth extraction is only required when it is absolutely necessary to remove a tooth within 24 to 48 hours. Extreme, debilitating pain, big cracks and massive fractures, and other setups that may jeopardise a patient’s dental health are examples of emergency tooth extraction circumstances.

Tooth abscess is absolutely a dental emergency. If you have a tooth abscess, you need to seek treatment immediately. Left untreated, abscess can lead to infection that spreads through the body causing serious and even life-threatening effects.

While experiencing a little bit of gum bleeding doesn’t constitute a dental emergency , you do need to be on the lookout. If you experience severe bleeding and swelling from your gums, it may be time to see a emergency dentist. A dentist will examine your gums and identify the source of the bleeding and swelling.