Get Help Fast with Emergency Dental Pain Relief

When you experience a dental emergency, it can be painful and frightening. Moreover, some dental emergencies come with pain that can be relieved only with an intervention from your dentist. Dr. Meredith Levine and the team at Meredith Levine, DDS, Inc. Century City, California, offer emergency dental care so you can find the relief you need.

If you have a dental emergency, getting the help you need immediately is vital to save your tooth. Also, dental emergencies such as an abscessed tooth can cause serious and life-threatening health problems. 

What Is a Dental Emergency?

Some dental emergencies are easy to detect because they present as severe pain, but not all dental emergencies cause pain. Nevertheless, it is a dental emergency if you risk losing a tooth. 

If any of these occur, you need to seek urgent dental care:

• Knocked-out tooth (dental avulsion)
• Tooth pushed into the jawbone (dental intrusion)
• Abscessed tooth or severe infection (may present as a swollen face)
• Tooth displacement (lateral displacement, tooth luxation, or extrusion)
• Dental crown fracture
• One or more loose teeth
• Root fracture or tooth that requires fractured tooth treatment
• Dental concussion
• Sudden extreme sensitivity to cold or hot beverages and foods
• Fractured jaw
• Injured lip, cheek, gums, or tongue with uncontrollable bleeding

What Is Not a Dental Emergency?

Some dental issues are aggravating but aren’t necessarily dental emergencies. These include lost retainers or mouthguards, chipped teeth, loss of dental filling, and mild toothaches that can be relieved with pain relievers you buy over the counter. However, all of these issues need dental care, so scheduling an appointment as soon as possible is important. 

What to Do in a Dental Emergency

If you have a tooth knocked out, try to keep the tooth in the empty socket until you can get to the dentist. You can use moistened gauze to hold the tooth in place. If the tooth can’t remain in the socket, it could be stored in milk until you can see a dental professional. Remember that an abscessed tooth may be life-threatening, so seeking help is important. 

When you have a dental emergency, contact Dr. Levine and the Meredith Levine, DDS, Inc. team to schedule an emergency dental appointment. Call us at (424) 358-3811 if you think you have an emergency that needs to be addressed immediately.