Emergency Dentistry Guide

What is emergency dental care?

Emergency dental care can include advice given over the phone, during a consultation, or prompt medical treatment arranged with an emergency dentist or one who runs an after-hours dental service or a 24-hour service.

In this guide

• What counts as a dental emergency?

• What do I do in a dental emergency?

• What services does an emergency dental hospital provide?

• What treatments at an emergency dental clinic?

• Emergency dental charges: what can I expect to pay?

• Will I need emergency dental surgery?

• How do I find an emergency dentist UK?

• Are emergency dental kits worth buying?

• How can I cope until I can see an emergency dentist?

• How do I reach a 24 hour dentist?

• How do I find an emergency dentist: London?

   

Emergency dental care: treating a dental emergency

Some dental problems need immediate attention by a dentist; they cannot wait, even if the dental emergency arises in the middle of the night or at a weekend. Emergency dental care is vital if you have:

• Knocked a tooth completely out of its socket in an accident

• Knocked a tooth out of place, causing bleeding to the gum and a loose tooth

• A severe tooth abscess or infection that is causing obvious swelling as well as pain