Emergency Dental in Queens, NY

It’s not always clear whether you’ve got a dental emergency or you’re experiencing a condition that may allow you to wait a few days. If, for example, the pain is slight, there’s a good chance you can wait a day or two to see the dentist. But if the pain in your or jaw, gums or teeth is intense — or a tooth has been knocked completely out — get immediate treatment.

If you wait too long, you may end up with complications that really be a dental emergency. Knowing someone who handles emergency dental care for your family means no one need suffer with intense pain longer than necessary. 24-hour emergency dental care covers symptoms such as:

• A knocked-out tooth. A tooth that’s been knocked out is one of the clearest reasons to seek emergency dental care. While you’re in pain, your ability to function is limited. You may be needlessly losing blood. And you could lose the tooth permanently.
• Tooth pain that you can’t explain. You need to get a professional diagnosis quickly when you have severe pain and don’t know the cause. It may signal a serious condition such as an infection that could lead to an abscess … or worse.
• Abscess. Abscessed tooth pain can be intolerable. You may have difficulty talking, breathing, eating and drinking. The infection can spread to other areas in your mouth, as well as to the rest of your body if you don’t get emergency dental care.
• When a crown or filling falls out. You usually can tell right away if a crown falls out. And when you lose a filling, you usually know because you’ll taste something metallic in your mouth, and hot and cold food and drinks irritate the area; even cold air can make you wince. Ignoring these kinds of symptoms can lead to urgent dental care that may result in a root canal.
• Nerves become exposed. Exposed nerve pain is just as extreme as the pain of a bad infection. And if the pain suddenly goes away, the nerve actually may be so damaged that it isn’t even sending pain signals anymore.
• Jaw or mouth inflammation. Swelling can occur for a number of reasons, and you need to find out the cause right away. Swollen lymph nodes often indicate a sinus infection, but jaw pain and inflammation may mean that a tumor is developing.
• Gums bleeding. Minor bleeding when you brush hard or floss isn’t unusual, typically a sign of early periodontal disease or plaque build-up. That may not require 24-hour emergency dental care, but you do need to tell your dentist about it at your next visit. Call CitiDental immediately if the bleeding won’t stop and it’s accompanied by inflammation and pain.

Over-the-counter pain medication often won’t resolve your tooth pain. That’s when you need to call the 24-hour emergency dental care office in Queens, where you can get emergency toothache relief. The team at CitiDental can advise you about the steps you need to take to mitigate further problems.

If you aren’t able to get 24-hour emergency dental care, follow these basic self-care tips:

• Take ibuprofen; it’s an anti-inflammatory and reduces pain
• Rinse with salt water
• Apply peppermint tea bags to dull the pain
• Use a cold pack on the side of your face that hurts

And according to the Mayo Clinic, you should be wary of antiseptics containing benzocaine because it “has been linked to a rare and serious, sometimes deadly, condition called methemoglobinemia, which decreases the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry.” Always check with your dentist before trying any home treatments.