5 COMMON REASONS FOR EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE

Visiting your dentist regularly is essential for proper dental care. However, life happens and sometimes can lead you to seek emergency dental care between your regular visits. While it may be tempting to wait it out until your next dental appointment, our team at Biltmore Commons Dental Care is here for you, no matter your emergency. So if you’re suffering from any of these common dental concerns or injuries, it’s time to gives us a call.

5 Common Causes for Emergency Dental Visits

1. SEVERE ORAL SWELLING OR PAIN

When there is something wrong with your gums or teeth, you will likely feel it before you see it. Swollen gums and aching teeth are common signs of an underlying oral condition that requires immediate attention. You could have a rotten tooth, a pinched nerve, or need a root canal. You may also be suffering from a severe cavity that could get worse if you don’t schedule an appointment for emergency dental care. 

2. SPORTS INJURY

Broken jaws and knocked out teeth are all too common with sports injuries, especially for teens and young adults. We see these kinds of injuries primarily in adolescents who play a lot of contact sports or partake in risky stunts with their friends. Either way, a sports injury to the mouth shouldn’t go untreated, and you should call your dentist right away. If your teen has knocked out permanent teeth, they’ll likely need implants, and this process should start right away to ensure their jaw bone doesn’t begin to deteriorate. 

3. BROKEN DENTURE OR VENEER

It’s not uncommon for seniors or those with partial dentures to break one pair in their lifetime. This repair is one of the main requests we receive for emergency dental care. Dentures are quite fragile, and it’s okay if they break, but it’s best to see your dentist sooner rather than later. In most cases, people eat something too hard, drop their dentures, or don’t care for them properly. No matter the cause, we’re ready for you at Biltmore Commons.

4. DAMAGED TOOTH

Your teeth withstand a lot of wear and tear over their lifespan, and it’s not unusual for people to break or chip a tooth. Often, people shrug off a chipped tooth, but we don’t encourage this. Instead, a chipped or cracked tooth calls for emergency dental care, and you should see your dentist right away. Cracked or chipped teeth call for sugars and bacteria to bury deep inside the tooth and cause further damage. These bacterial infections can even spread to the jaw bone, causing more pain and damage. If you’ve cracked a tooth, it’s always best to have it repaired right away.

5. TOOTH RESTORATION DAMAGE

Crowns, implants, or fillings can occasionally come loose, breaking away from the tooth or gumline. If this happens, you’re in an emergency situation and should call your dentist right away. Dental restorations protect your teeth, and when a crown or filling falls out, your tooth becomes vulnerable and even painful. If an infection starts to grow in the affected tooth, it could quickly spread under your gumline and to nearby healthy teeth.

WE’RE HERE FOR YOUR EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE

You shouldn’t have to suffer from oral pain, discomfort, infections, or damaged teeth between your routine dental appointments. At Biltmore Commons Dental Care, we have three dentists on staff at all times to ensure dental emergencies can be handled quickly. If you’re in the Phoenix, AZ, area and need emergency care, cosmetic dentistry, or a regular checkup at a new dental office, contact us today at (602) 249-2227.