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Dental Emergency Tips & Advise

Some situations can be remedied or improved by following a few simple tips. While these suggestions do not solve the dental emergency problems you may experiencing, but they offer first-aid care until you will come to our offices or your local emergency room.

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Our professional emergency dental care team understands that emergencies are inconvenient for everyone. We are dedicated family dental healthcare providers and we are here for you in these stressful times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call our Dental ER NY offices immediately to request an emergency dental care visit for any dental emergency situations in NY. We do our very best to see emergency cases immediately. If you experience intense bleeding or your emergency extends beyond dental care, please go to the nearest emergency room for assistance or call 911.

Some situations can be remedied or improved by following a few simple tips. While these suggestions do not solve the dental emergency problems you may experiencing, but they offer first-aid care until you will come to our offices or your local emergency room.
Temporary Crown Falls Out:

If your temporary falls out and you still have it, dry your natural tooth, apply a small dab of toothpaste to the temporary and reattach it. You may also use dental wax or temporary adhesive, available at most pharmacies. Please call our office so that we can professionally reattach your temporary as soon as possible.
Knocked Out Tooth:

Rinse the tooth gently under water to remove debris. Place the tooth into the socket it fell from and hold it in place until you get to our office. Otherwise, put the tooth into a baggie of milk and bring it to us so that we can determine whether reattachment is possible.
Cut/Bitten Tongue or Lip:

Thoroughly clean the cut, then hold a cold compress against it. If bleeding does not stop, go to your local emergency room. You may need stitches.
Broken Tooth:

A cracked or broken tooth should be rinsed immediately with warm water. Then hold a cold compress against the affected tooth to reduce swelling while on your way to our office for assistance.
Possibly Broken Jaw:

If you think your jaw may be broken, apply a cold compress and proceed to your local emergency room immediately. If you lost or damaged teeth during your injury, please call us, as well.

Severe Toothache:

Rinse your mouth and the area around the tooth, then floss around the tooth to make sure that debris is not causing the pain. Do not put an aspirin on the tooth because it can damage your gum tissue. Call our office for an appointment if the pain persists.

Something Caught Between Teeth:

Use dental floss to gently remove the debris, and be sure that you don’t cut your gums with the floss. Do not use a sharp instrument to dislodge the debris. If floss doesn’t help, call our office for an appointment.

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