EMERGENCY DENTISTRY

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GET IMMEDIATE DENTAL CARE IN STAMFORD

Have a damaged tooth? A pulled-out crown? A toothache that just won’t go away? At Clear Smile Dental Studio, our Stamford emergency dentists Dr. GiTae Kwon and Dr. Byungchul Park are here to help. Call us today for a same-day appointment at our office!

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UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS

WHAT IS EMERGENCY DENTISTRY?

Emergency dentistry is a field of dentistry concerned with restoring your oral health when you’re experiencing a dental emergency, like a loose or knocked-out tooth, or a seriously infected tooth. An emergency dentist can quickly diagnose the source of your issue, and take the appropriate action to restore your tooth and prevent further complications. If you think you’re having a dental emergency in Stamford, you need to get help from a qualified dentist right away.

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SAME-DAY APPOINTMENTS IN STAMFORD

At Clear Smile Dental Studio, we understand that dental emergencies don’t always happen on your schedule. That’s why we want to make it easy for you to get the emergency care you need in Stamford. We offer same-day emergency appointments for all of our patients.
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If you need same-day care, give us a call at (203) 883-4451. If possible, we do ask that you call ahead so that we can prepare for your visit. This allows us to provide faster care. However, we do accept walk-in emergency patients at our office, which is located at 800 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902.

Don’t wait. Come in today, and get the care you need to restore your smile, minimize complications, and keep your teeth and gums healthy.

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR

COMMON DENTAL EMERGENCIES

A wide variety of things count as dental emergencies. Dental injuries are an obvious category of emergency. This includes things like:

Cracked, chipped, and broken teeth
Loose or knocked-out teeth
Teeth that are driven back into the socket
Cuts and lacerations to the tongue, gums, lips and cheeks

However, a lot of other conditions qualify as an emergency, including:

Serious toothaches
Bleeding gums
Pulled-out dental work, such as a filling or crown
Having an object stuck between your teeth

When in doubt, it’s a good idea to call Clear Smile Dental Studio any time you’re feeling oral pain or discomfort, and you don’t know how to treat it. Our dentists in Stamford can help walk you through steps you can take at home, and determine if it’s an emergency that requires immediate intervention. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE OFFICE?

Dental fillings and crowns are both common emergency procedures used to restore teeth that have been damaged by decay or a dental injury. Root canals may also be required to restore infected teeth.
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Tooth splinting is the best option for restoring loose or knocked-out teeth. Your tooth will be replaced and splinted to the adjacent teeth so that it can heal. Tooth extractions are also a common emergency procedure, and may be required if a tooth is too damaged to save.
SHOULD I GO TO THE ER FOR EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE?

While dental emergencies can be scary and you may feel compelled to run off to the nearest emergency room to prevent complications, it’s important to assess the severity of the emergency first.

Emergency rooms are for true life-threatening emergencies or serious injuries that are interfering with your ability to breathe or swallow, causing profuse and uncontrollable bleeding, dislocation or fracture of the jaw, or serious lacerations to the face or mouth. These are all serious issues that could put your health at risk.

However, if you don’t have a true life-threatening emergency, they will just send you home and tell you to see a dentist after offering some pain medication. Hospitals generally aren’t equipped to treat dental emergencies and only have oral surgeons on call for rare and serious situations.

For all other dental emergencies that are not life-threatening, you should immediately contact Dr. Park or Dr. Kwon to inform them of the situation and all of your symptoms. They will provide you with instructions on what to do until you can get here and will schedule you for an emergency appointment as soon as possible.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I HAVE A KNOCKED-OUT TOOTH?

The protocol for a knocked-out tooth depends on your age and the type of tooth. Permanent teeth can be reattached but if it’s a baby tooth that was knocked out, trying to reimplant it into the socket should not be attempted and can cause serious damage to the permanent tooth that is residing underneath the gums.

Instead, you should try to locate the tooth and bring it with you to the dentist so the dentist can examine it to determine what happened and if there could be any underlying damage. Store the tooth in saliva or milk.

Rinse out your child’s mouth with a saltwater solution to remove broken tooth remnants and bacteria. Your child may require a space maintainer to hold the space open for the permanent tooth when it’s ready to erupt and to prevent the other teeth from shifting.

For a knocked-out permanent tooth, locate the tooth as soon as possible and hold it by the crown side only. Try to reinsert it into the socket. You can do this by lining it up with the socket and gently biting down as you press the tooth back in.

The sooner you do this, the higher likelihood that reattachment will be successful. If you can’t get the tooth back in, store it in milk or your child’s saliva and bring it along to the dentist, who will try to save the tooth by stabilizing it with a splint. This is a time-sensitive dental emergency so you need to get here fast.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY DENTAL WORK HAS FALLEN OUT?

If you have lost dental work such as a filling or crown, this also counts as a dental emergency. The first thing you should do is call the dentist as soon as possible to let them know you have dental work that has fallen out. Inform us of any other symptoms you are experiencing, such as pain or an abscess.

You will want to find the dental work that has fallen out if possible so you can bring it with you for the dentist to see if it can be rebonded to your tooth. If it has fallen on the ground, you will want to clean it first so that bacteria doesn’t transfer to your teeth.

You will also want to clean the inside of your mouth and teeth to remove bacteria, food particles, and broken tooth fragments from any damage if you sustained an injury. Start by rinsing with a lukewarm saline solution to remove debris from your mouth, reduce pain and inflammation, and eliminate bacteria.

Unless your teeth are injured, it’s also a good idea to brush your teeth. If you are in pain, take anti-inflammatory pain medication and use a cold compress to treat any swelling. Unless you can make it to the dentist right away, you should cover the inside of your tooth where the filling or crown has been dislodged with a temporary dental filling that you can get at the pharmacy.

This will prevent bacteria from infecting your tooth. Remember to bring your dental work with you to the dentist and they will determine if it can be reattached or will require replacement.