Oral health is a crucial part of your wellness. An aching tooth can be a nightmare. Whereas some dental issues can wait until the time is right, a number of them are considered a dental emergency.
What is a Dental Emergency?
Whereas a dental checkup consists of routine cleaning, a dental emergency requires immediate dentist’s attention. Emergency dental care helps to address discomfort, excruciating pain, and further bleeding and lacerations to the gum.
Emergency dental care tends to be more expensive than regular appointments. However, if you have an insurance plan, Tucson Emergency Dentist can fix you with the utmost attention.
Symptoms of Dental Emergency and interventions
It is possible to determine your symptoms and the severity of the prevailing situations to help make the best decision.
- Persistent Toothache
One can have a toothache that quickly disappears after taking over-the-counter painkillers or goes away on its own buying you time to book a dental appointment. However, when you have a continuous sharp pain that steals your sleep and the sheer pleasure of a good day, you need emergency oral care.
A severe toothache may be a precursor to infection, a fractured or sensitive tooth.
At First Dental Center located on the west side of Tucson, in the Midvale Park area, Dr. Kimberly Yang takes the time to have an x-ray to determine the cause of the toothache.
- Damaged tooth
A broken chipped or fractured tooth can be a source of untold misery if not addressed immediately. A fracture can continue to grow, exposing the pulp chamber.
This allows food particles and bacteria to penetrate to nerves causing sharp, persistent pain. If not addressed, the decay develops into an infection that may lead to losing a tooth or require a root canal.
- Misplaced dental prosthetics
Losing your filling, crown, or veneers is a severe dental problem that requires immediate. These dental devices can be spoilt if they stay long outside the mouth.
Their absence exposes the dentin, blood vessels, and nerves to air, causing pain and discomfort. However, a quick visit to the dentist gets them to restore it to regain function.
- Broken, chipped tooth due to trauma
A tooth may require emergency oral attention if one accidentally chips or breaks one. When one is involved in an accident or sports injury, the surrounding gum tissues and nerves can be injured, making the tooth susceptible to dental infections.
A dentist to save a tooth that is accidentally pulled out. Pick the tooth by the crown, clean it with clean distilled water (not tap water), and put it in a cup of milk. You may also keep it moist by keeping it in the mouth.
- A swollen jaw or mouth
A swollen jaw may be caused by infection or swollen lymph nodes. It is a sign of gum disease that requires the immediate attention of a dentist.
If you need emergency oral services, call 520-624-8535 or visit us at Valencia West areas close to Drexel heights on the west OF Tucson.