Dental care
Dental emergencies
Dental emergencies can be life threatening
Severe swelling, especially with difficulty breathing or swallowing, is a medical emergency that needs to be treated in an emergency department.
Pain on the left side of the chest, arm, or sometimes the jaw can be a sign of a heart attack, especially in women.
In a medical emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest hospital.
If an adult tooth is knocked out
Find the tooth or tooth fragment. Handle it only by the crown (the part normally visible in the mouth), never the root, and place it in milk as soon as possible.
Call us, and get seen somewhere quickly. When an adult tooth can be put back, it has the best chance of success within one hour of the injury. If we can't see you in time, an office that can see you sooner is the better choice.
Baby teeth are not put back in.
After-hours prescriptions
In keeping with federal and state law, our doctors do not phone prescriptions in to pharmacies, and we do not keep narcotics in the office.