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An emergency dentist is available to help you when you suffer trauma to your mouth or have serious pain from an oral health problem. Trauma may include broken teeth, lost or loosened teeth, bleeding, lacerations to gums or any other damage to the mouth that must be immediately addressed by a caring dentist. Oral health problems that are emergencies include abscessed teeth or other major tooth pain. Many of these problems can be immediately repaired with a dentist's treatment. Gage Dental Care in Bell CA provides emergency dental services for patients who have suffered some form of mouth trauma.

What does an emergency dentist do?

An emergency dentist at Gage Dental Care can provide a wide range of services when you have suffered damage to your smile. You may have been in an accident, fallen, suffered a sports-related injury, bitten into a hard piece of food or object, or suffered other mouth injury. You may be suffering from an abscessed tooth or other natural occurrence within your mouth.

After experiencing an injury, you may realize you have suffered bleeding, cracked teeth, broken teeth, dislodged teeth, lacerations in your gums, or other oral problems. You may also break a veneer, lose a crown, lose a filling, break your dentures or damage other dental appliances you rely upon every day.

When you suffer a dental emergency, it is important to visit an emergency dentist. This dentist can treat damaged areas that suffered the trauma, to prevent even more serious complications that may arise if you wait for a later dental appointment. If you see your emergency dentist quickly enough, he or she may even be able to save a damaged tooth or make repairs to ensure your smile returns to a health appearance.

Accidents can happen any time of night or day. They are unpredictable and difficult to be prepared for, even in the best of circumstances. You may experience an oral injury that requires immediate dental treatment when you least expect it. Your regular dental office may appear to be closed when your emergency occurs, or you could need help during standard office hours. Regardless of when your accident occurs that causes oral damage, you can rely on your emergency dentist at Gage Dental Care to provide urgent care when it is needed most.

Mouth injuries can be particularly frightening, especially when they bleed profusely. Sometimes, such as for a minor tooth fracture or chipped tooth, dental injuries can wait until the next day. But severe cracks, breaks resulting in large pieces of missing tooth, damaged tooth nerves or knocked out teeth should be seen by a dentist immediately. When you suffer oral trauma, you do not have to judge whether you should wait or see a dentist immediately. A phone call to your emergency dentist will help you make the right decision.

What to Do Before Visiting Your Emergency Dentist

While you are waiting to visit your Gage Dental Care emergency dentist, or as someone else is calling the dentist’s office for guidance, there are ways you can help safeguard your mouth against additional injury or damage.

Dislodged or Lost Tooth

If you have knocked a tooth out, try to protect that tooth by not handling it more than you must. If you can put the tooth back into its gum socket, this can help keep the tooth safe until the dentist can treat it. If you cannot put the tooth back into its socket, bite down on a wet tea bag or some moistened gauze where the tooth was lost. You may also apply a cold, wet compress on your jaw area to help ease bleeding from the dislodged tooth’s socket.

If a tooth is severely loosened or is placed into the socket for protection, just be very careful to not swallow it. If your tooth will not remain in the socket for your trip to the emergency dentist’s office, you should rinse it off to remove dirt and debris. Then place the tooth into a container of milk or your own saliva until you give it to the dentist.

Broken Tooth

If you need to visit an emergency dentist because of a broken tooth, rinse your mouth out using warm water. Place a cold compress on the area of the broken tooth to bring swelling down and reduce pain. Call Gage Dental Care for additional instructions or to visit the emergency dentist.

Severe Tooth Pain or Abscess

If severe tooth pain or an abscessed tooth is your problem, rinse your mouth with warm salt water. You can identify an abscessed tooth from the presence of a painful, swollen area on your gums. Then call the emergency dentist’s office right away, even if you think the office is closed. The on-call dentist or staff member can help you get the treatment and guidance you need. Abscesses can quickly become more serious if not treated immediately.

Lost Dental Filling or Crown

If you have lost a dental filling, you can protect the area by sealing it with a piece of well-chewed sugarless gum. You can also find dental cement in drugstores as an over-the-counter remedy. When a dental crown is loosened, you can use dental cement to try to put it back in its place. Then call the emergency dentist for further guidance and next steps.

How to Prevent Need for Emergency Dentist Care

To prevent dental emergencies, it is helpful to wear a mouthguard when playing sports or engaging in any activity that may lead to mouth injury. You should also avoid biting down on hard candies, hard foods or ice. Be careful when eating these foods and others like nuts, popcorn and peanut brittle.

Why Gage Dental Care for Your Emergency Dentist Visit

When you need an emergency dentist, the caring dentists of Gage Dental Care in Bell CA are available. Your oral health is their top priority, especially when you have suffered injury, oral trauma, an abscessed tooth or other damage to your teeth. All you need to do is to call Gage Dental Care for guidance about how to immediately care for your injured teeth or gums and to gain an emergency appointment when necessary.

Call Gage Dental Care for Emergency Dentist Needs

When you must call upon the emergency dentist on call at Gage Dental Care, you are gaining the help of one of one of the most trusted dentists in Bell, CA. Dr. Abaian and Dr. Hanookai are both extremely professional, experienced and caring. This is important when you have a dental emergency and are suffering trauma, bleeding or pain as a result of your dental problem.