Emergency Dentist Center City Philadelphia

What Is a Dental Emergency?

A true dental emergency is a threat to the living tissues in your mouth. Some dental problems can wait a day for a repair, but let your dentist decide.

Contact your Center City emergency dentist if you have any of the following problems to find out if you need to be seen immediately:

Knocked out tooth
Dislodged tooth
Severe or debilitating tooth pain
Mouth or jaw trauma
Sudden inexplicable discomfort
Infection or abscess
Severely cut lip, gums, or tongue
Broken tooth
Lost filling or crown
Chipped tooth
Cracked tooth
Broken braces or wires
Damaged veneer

Whatever worries you have about what’s going on with your teeth, gums, or mouth, contact your dentist. Your concern does not have to fit neatly into the categories above to qualify as a dental emergency, but we know that if you are calling us, you are concerned and stressed about your oral health.

We take every concern seriously. Rely on us and allow us to determine what dental problems can and cannot wait.

Visit Your Emergency Dentist in Philadelphia

Sometimes tooth problems are visible. A hit to the mouth or a cut can often produce a lot of blood, but this is not always a sign of an emergency – the mouth is filled with blood vessels and they can bleed profusely from the slightest damage.

Sometimes tooth problems are invisible, but they cause a great deal of pain. These can be some of the worst oral health problems because they do silent but major damage.

As an emergency dental practice in Philadelphia, we commonly see patients for the following:

Broken Teeth and Fillings: If you break a tooth or filling, it can be painful, or it can be just a cosmetic inconvenience. What’s important to understand is that any broken tooth is an invitation for bigger oral health problems to develop. If bacteria are permitted to enter a tooth, this can lead to infection and abscess. It is always important to have a broken tooth or filling fixed immediately.
Emergency Root Canal Therapy: The words “root canal” can make any dental patient panic, but when you’re dealing with extreme tooth pain, root canal therapy will give you major relief from pain and worry. When we meticulously clean out the root canals of an infected tooth, we remove what’s causing you pain and carefully fill in the canals to prevent further problems from developing.
Emergency Teeth Removal: Severe tooth pain could indicate the need for a root canal or it may indicate that tooth removal is the better solution. Sometimes a tooth becomes dislodged and it cannot be put back in place and needs to be removed. It’s up to your dentist to examine the damage and determine whether emergency tooth removal is necessary and, later, a dental restoration like a dental implant to take its place.

Emergency Tooth Pain: A toothache can be caused by tooth decay, gum infection, gum disease, or a tooth root infection. You may have pain because of a hit to the mouth or overuse of over-the-counter teeth whitening products. Emergency tooth pain has many potential sources – it’s important to have your discomfort addresses as soon as possible to prevent your issue from developing bigger complications.
Emergency Wisdom Tooth Removal: Impacted or decayed wisdom teeth can cause serious pain. Wisdom teeth that create acute discomfort often need to undergo emergency extraction to alleviate your pain and prevent the wisdom teeth from causing damage to the rest of your teeth.
24-Hour Concierge Dentist: Dentistry for Life is a concierge dental practice that provides personalized, patient-first service. We want our patients to have excellent oral health, and we do whatever we can to provide that, including offering office hours seven days a week. Dental care should be convenient and easy for you to get, and the approach should be targeted and comprehensive, tending to your unique needs, from teeth to gums to mouth.