The ADA provided its members and their patient’s detailed guidance on what to consider dental emergencies and non-emergency dental care.
A dental emergency is any situation that poses an immediate threat to the health of your teeth and supporting tissues. Dental emergencies are often the result of impact to the mouth, but they also can be caused by infection. To ensure the best possible outcome, any dental emergency should be evaluated by a professional immediately.
According to the ADA, dental emergencies “are potentially life-threatening and require immediate treatment to stop ongoing tissue bleeding [or to] alleviate severe pain or infection.
ADA also defines urgent dental care also constitutes the management of conditions that require immediate attention to relieve severe pain and/or risk of infection and to alleviate the burden on hospital emergency departments.
Please call our Warren New Jersey office at 908-222-7922 if you have a dental emergency or in need of urgent dental care.
We will not be administering non-emergency dental procedures at this time.
For permanent teeth that are knocked out, rinse the tooth and put it back in the socket. If you can’t get the tooth back in the socket, place it in a container of milk, water or saliva to keep it moist. Do not touch the roots (handle the tooth by the crown) and don’t brush the tooth. Contact us IMMEDIATELY for information and emergency treatment – the sooner you get to us, the more likely we can save your tooth! For baby teeth that are unexpectedly knocked out, leave them out and contact us immediately for instructions
If you can’t get into our office immediately, here is a list of effective home remedies to make you more comfortable while you wait for care:
Some dental emergencies may not cause pain initially. For example, a cracked tooth may not hurt, but it may lead to nerve damage in the roots. For this reason, all of the listed conditions need immediate attention, whether or not pain is present.
Call our Warren New Jersey office at 908-222-7922 for more information.
–Source credit, ADA.org
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