Dental Emergencies
Dental emergency? Contact Us

What is a dental emergency?

Severe pain, Swelling or bleeding- a lost filling or crown is not, strictly speaking, an emergency – just inconvenient and embarrassing.

However you are the best judge of whether you are experiencing an dental emergency or not! If you feel it’s an emergency – then that’s good enough for us. Please call us right away.

There are some self help tips that you can do to help alleviate the intensity of your dental emergency.

Try These Self Care Dental Tips

There is frequently something you can do to help alleviate symptoms of your dental emergency.

Toothaches will often respond well to painkillers

If the pain you are experiencing is made worse by exposure to heat, try sipping cold water

If the pain you are experiencing is made worse by cold – try treating the area with oil of cloves

Swelling may also respond to sipping cold water and painkillers

Discomfort caused by gum infections often respond well to rinsing with hot salty water