What should you do when a tooth is chipped or cracked, or if one is knocked loose or out completely? When a situation like this happens, you need emergency dentistry! In today’s blog, your team at My Dentist in Londonderry, NH, talks about helping smiles with emergency dentistry, and why care is needed to prevent major complications for your overall oral health! We want to help you and your whole family enjoy safe smiles all summer long.

Common Examples of Dental Emergencies

What are some examples of a dental emergency? These are issues that need treatment right away to protect your smile from further discomfort or complications, including tooth decay and infection. If a tooth is chipped or broken, you need to see us right away. If an injury happens and no damage is visible, consider an appointment as a fracture could be invisible to the naked eye but still leave a tooth vulnerable to decay. If a tooth is knocked loose or out, see us right away. If an issue compromises a restoration or prosthetic, or damaged orthodontics, then let us know right away!

Repairing Teeth

Call us immediately and if you reach us during our usual business hours, we will try to see you same-day. If we are closed, then leave a message and we will contact you with possible appointment times. In the meantime, you can take an over-the-counter pain reliever, and use cloth/gauze to stem the bleeding. A cold compress to the side of the face could prevent facial swelling too. If a tooth is knocked out, then bring it with you in a sealed container of milk or salt water.

Our team could repair minor injuries in one visit with dental boding, and we have custom and lifelike crowns for more severe damage or fractures. We can also restore a knocked-out tooth to its proper place in your smile.

Tooth Replacement

If you have knocked out a tooth or several and they cannot be restored to your smile, we could talk about replacement without lifelike dental implants, which function and look like natural teeth. If you have sustained injuries to your facial or intraoral structures, we could help with custom maxillofacial prosthetics too.

If you have any questions about how we help smiles with emergency dentistry, or if you want to talk to our team about a custom mouthguard for better protection against injury, then reach out to our office today to learn more and get started.

Emergency Dental Care From Dr. Wei, DMD

We can help smiles of all ages with emergency dentistry, restoring and repairing smiles as needed. To schedule your appointment, call Dr. YiChen Wei, DMD at My Dentist in Londonderry, NH at (603) 965-3407 today.