Five Most Common Emergency Dentist Visits

When most men and women encounter a little bit of dental pain, they usually try to ignore it or find a home remedy that a friend swears by. You can only rinse with salt water, take aspirin, apply a cold compress, or apply Orajel for so long. But how do you know that you are experiencing pain or potential loss that requires the attention and skill of an emergency dentist? A few of the most common issues cannot be mistaken for regular aches and pains.

First, you may not know that your tooth is already weak or loose before an incident occurs. A few of the most surprising emergency dentist visits are a chipped, broken or knocked-out tooth. A chipped tooth can occur as the result of a rogue seed or bone discovered at the last second within your food. A broken tooth can occur because of a hidden chip that widens after a sudden bump during eating or an injury. The knocked-out tooth is pretty self-explanatory. This typically occurs either as the result of intense decay and can become dislodged even at the slightest hit. Or, during sports or as the result of a fall, your tooth can be knocked out. However, the treatment timing difference between a chip and a knocked-out tooth is drastically different. For a chip or break, it is important to stop the bleeding and get to a dental professional as soon as possible. For a knocked out tooth, you can put it in a cup of milk or lightly salted water but you only have a 1 hour window to have it professionally reattached to the socket.

The first three weren't so comical but the last two can be - once the pain subsides they usually turn out to be funny stories. Fourth and fifth on the list of the most common reasons to need an emergency dentist is getting something stuck in your teeth or between the teeth and gums and losing a filling. For the lodged food or object such as a twig or see, the doctor would recommend floss but even if it is down deep in a crevice or cavity you are not recommend to go in after it with any sharp object. For a lost filing, you are recommended to cover the opening with dental cement from a drugstore and go straight to the emergency dentist's office. Any reason to have to go to the emergency dentist's office is not a laughing matter, so when you take it seriously you can save your teeth from further costly damage or any painful infection.