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Top 5 Most Serious Dental Emergencies

Oral health is important, but it’s often underrated, which leads to oral disease. Untreated tooth decay affects 44% of the world’s population. Oral disease affects nearly 3.9 billion people around the world, with periodontal disease affecting 15-20% of adults. When untreated oral health issues are ignored for long enough, they can lead to more serious […]

What To Do When Your Tooth Hurts

Tooth pain can range from minor discomfort that only occurs when you eat hot or cold foods to a throbbing pain that can be excruciating. The type you experience varies based on the dental condition you may have and how severe the condition is. If you have a toothache, you may have many questions. You […]

What To Do in a Dental Emergency

There are many different situations that can play out with your teeth and gums. Some of these situations can be dental emergencies, while others may need dental care, but not be considered a true emergency. If you are experiencing what is a dental emergency, it is important to take the correct actions and act quickly. […]

What are Common Dental Emergencies?

It’s easy to take your teeth for granted until they start causing you problems. While some problems are minor and can wait for a scheduled appointment, others are considered dental emergencies that require immediate care. How do you know when you should look for emergency dentists in Phoenix or Mesa? Learn more about some of […]

5 Things Good Emergency Dentist Do

When you’re in pain and worried, the last thing you need is for the doctor providing to care to make you feel worse. It’s true in medical emergencies and in dental emergencies. In fact, since so many patients have some form of anxiety or fear when seeing their dentist, it’s even more important in a […]

4 Preventable Dental Emergencies

Not every dental emergency is preventable. Accidents happen all the time, and when they do, you need a dentist who can see you as soon as possible. But not every dental problem will happen out of nowhere. Many emergencies and problems are completely preventable. Here are four preventable dental emergencies and what you can to […]

What to Do if Your Tooth Falls Out

When a tooth falls out or gets knocked out of your mouth, this is called, in dentist-speak, an avulsed tooth. It’s one of the most serious dental emergencies you might face for multiple reasons, primarily because permanent teeth don’t grow back as baby teeth do. If your tooth can’t be fixed, you’ll have to decide […]

What to Expect if You Have an Abscessed Tooth

When you’re trying to decide if an ache or pain is a real dental emergency, nothing is clearer than an abscessed tooth. Between the excruciating pain and the swelling or fever, you’re going to know something is wrong almost immediately. When the pain and discomfort get bad enough, you shouldn’t hesitate to get care and […]

What to Do if You Chip Your Tooth

Is your chipped tooth a dental emergency? It depends. A minor chip that causes no pain needs less care than a large chip that causes excruciating pain. Whether you need to get to the dentist immediately or whether it can wait until Monday depends on a lot of factors including how your tooth was chipped and […]

What to Do If You Have a Broken Tooth

Your tooth may crack, chip, or break for a lot more reasons than you realize. It’s not just falls, car accidents, and hits to the face or mouth that can harm your teeth. Biting down on something hard, severe cavities that go untreated, and old fillings that no longer work properly may be the culprit, […]