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Emergency Dental Services - Tips to Handle the Situation

Dental emergencies can occur at any unfortunate time of life. Knowing how to handle the situation will help in reducing the complications prior to receiving emergency dental services. Check out a few tips on how to handle dental emergencies.

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Emergency Dental Services - Tips to Handle the Situation

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  1. Common Dental Emergency Services – Types and Tips

  2. As goes the Dental saying, “Dentistry is not expensive, neglect is.” Dental emergencies may occur at any time and when left unattended, may cause serious and expensive glitches. You must know how to handle the situations competently and efficiently without panicking. Here are some tips on how to react to a few of the common dental emergencies which may affect you or your family.

  3. BROKEN TOOTH Save any pieces and rinse the mouth and broken pieces using warm water. If there's bleeding, apply pressure with a piece of gauze to the area for about 10 minutes or until the bleeding stops. Then get a cold compress and apply it on the affected area.

  4. KNOCKED OUT TOOTH If your tooth is knocked out accidentally, try to get to the dentist within 30 minutes. If the tooth surface hasn’t been damaged too much, there is a good chance of saving it with tooth replantation. Put the tooth into a clean handkerchief, wet with dilute salt water if possible. Do not handle the tooth by the root if you can help it.

  5. LOST FILLING Lost filling may be one of the most common types of dental emergency in your lifetime. When you encounter this while eating or dining out, the best thing to do is to temporarily replace the lost filling with a sugarless gum so as not to expose the dental nerves of the tooth. Then rush to your dentist for the necessary treatment procedure.

  6. SWELLING OF THE GUMS If the swelling is localized, check for food which may have become trapped between the teeth, near to the site of the swelling. Try to remove the particle with floss, rather than with a pointed object. If the sufferer experiences breathing difficulties or problems around the eyes, visit a medical hospital right away. If the problem is less serious, applying a cold compress or an ice pack to the area will help. Then visit your dentist for treatment. Never apply heat to an oral swelling, unless you have been advised to by a medical professional, as heat may exacerbate some dental problems.

  7. For dental emergency services in Vista, CA, contact the experienced professional dentists at Vista Smiles. Website : www.vistasmilesdentist.com Phone : 1 (760) 631-0007

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