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By far the most common dental emergency is a knocked out, fractured, or chipped tooth.
There are many factors which can cause damage to the teeth such as: a physical injury (a blow to the face), biting into something hard or awkwardly shaped, leaking/old fillings, root canaled teeth without crowns and many more.

IT IS VERY IMPROTANT  TO SEE A DENTIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF YOUR EMERGENCY.

Should an entire tooth be knocked out, submerge the whole tooth in a glass or zip top plastic bag with milk and see a dentist immediately or within the hour. If done quickly there is a much higher success rate to save the tooth.

Fractures range in severity. You may break off only a small portion of a tooth, or a much larger portion, even the entire crown. Once the enamel is compromised it is more susceptible to decay, or the decay may be the reason for your fracture. If left too long the exposed tooth can become easily decayed. If it is already decayed the bacteria can reach the nerve causing infection, abscess, and possible nerve damage resulting in a root canal, and even an extraction.

***Remember, it is always better to retain as much of your natural tooth structure and repair any damage as early/minimally as possible, then to wait until it becomes a much larger problem.

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At Petra Dental We are avaible to take your dental emergencies 24/7 and treat you the same day as well. Dr. Gill accepts dental emergencies everyday and no matter what the dental emergency is, she will have a solution for your problem. She is very kind, caring and does exceptional dental work and as a matter of fact most of our dental emergencies convert into regular patients. We are available to bookan appointment 24/7 at 403-252-7733.

Dr Gill’s dental clinic is located at Crowfoot Circle in Calgary, Alberta. We cater to emergency patients till 10PM on weekdays and during day hours on weekends.

But in a situation of a dental emergency when you don’t have a dentist available to look at you, here is some information that will help you get through the night.

First of all, if you have a toothache, you have a dental problem. Do not wait before going to a dentist, take an appointment and go right away. The longer you wait, the worse the pain will get and chances are that you will have to spend the? night with the tootache getting worse every minute.

We get a lot of patients who call us at? night and have waited for hours before they called. Remember one thing: a toothache, means a problem and needs to be looked at by a dentist. Toothache doesn’t disappear on its own.

If you have a tootache, here are some causes:

• You may have something stuck between your teeth
• A filling or a crown could have come out
• Your gums are infected
• Your teeth have been infected
• You cracked a tooth
• You may have a cavity sitting there long enough and now it is making the nerve exposed
• You may have eaten something that made your sensitive teeth give up and start aching
• Anything other than the above mentioned factors

In any of these situations, you need a dentist to look at your problem and take care of it. If your gums or roots have been infected, the sooner you seek help from a dentist, the better are the chances of a less painful treatment. Even though a dentist freezes / numbs your teeth, it takes more than just one shot to freeze an infected tooth. So the bottom line is, your tooth aches, call the dentist right away and take an appointment.

If the pain started in the middle of the night and you cant get a hold of a dentist, examine yourself. Based on the severity of the pain you should be able to get a fair idea of what is the cause.

If the pain is unbearable, you probably have an infection and need to take antibiotics right away. Antibiotics are prescribed? by a dentist so call your dentist right now. You are more than welcome to call us at any time at the number on the home page of the site.

Once you take a medicine, it is very important that you understand that these medicines can ONLY give you a temporary relief. Take the medicine only to see your dentist at a convenient time and do take an appointment right away.

Some of the “off the counter” medicines are paracetamol, Ibuprofin, etc. though it is highly recommended that you call a dentist and take a personal recommendation.

Call us at 403-252-7733 for a phone consultation.