Dental Emergencies and When to Go to the ER

Dental pain can be excruciating, but there are many ways to lessen it, at least until you can meet with emergency dentists of Littleton. The most common methods are rinsing with salt water to disinfect the inflamed area, cold compresses and over the counter pain medication, but if nothing helps and that dental appointment is still days away, a visit to the local hospital’s ER is also an option. However, you need to be aware that ER’s are there to treat health emergencies, so here are some situations in which your toothache can be considered a medical emergency, indeed:

• A broken, fractured or dislodged tooth – these situations are considered to be emergencies similar to a broken bone. However, the emergency treatment will probably involve cleaning, the administration of antibiotics to reduce or to prevent an infection and maybe the extraction of the damaged tooth, but not cosmetic interventions;
• Severe pain associated with swelling and fever – raised body temperature associated with swelling and pain are signs of infection and require emergency treatment to prevent the infection from spreading;
• Facial trauma – if your toothache is the result of a facial trauma, a visit to the ER is necessary as soon as possible to ensure proper treatment.

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