Emergency Dentist in Kitchener
Emergency dentist in Kitchener and Waterloo. At Victoria Family Dental we strive to provide immediate care for dental emergencies such as toothaches, crack teeth, knocked out tooth, facial swelling, facial abscess, loss filling, and general dental pain. We offer same day appointments, evening and weekend times. Call us at 519 579 7070 or email us for immediate assistance.
Do you have a dental emergency?
A dental emergency is a situation where you cannot manage and worsens. If you are having pain after our office hours, the first thing you want to do is control it. Over-the-counter Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen is generally considered safe for healthy individuals and is effective in managing pain but remember to follow the intake instructions on the label.
If you notice your pain is unmanageable or worsening then it is important to contact your dental provider, so you can be seen as soon as possible.
Why am I having severe dental pain?
Dental pain can arise slowly or acutely. Once a threshold is reached and when the pulp becomes inflamed, a dull ache that was mildly irritating can turn into a severe throb or shooting pain.
Common Dental Emergencies:
Toothache
- Causes: Cavities, infection and abscesses, gum disease, or crack teeth.
- Symptoms: Sharp, throbbing, constant pain, fever, headache.
- Triggers: Hot or cold stimuli. Also, when lying down at night, more blood flows to the area which increases pressure on the inflamed nerves.
- Treatments: A root canal with a filling, or extraction, or no treatment and management with pain killers.
Crack Tooth
- Causes: Grinding, clenching, biting on hard objects, physical injury, normal wear and tear.
- Symptoms: Sharp and intermittent pain.
- Triggers: Chewing, pain when releasing the bite, hot and cold stimuli, sweets.
- Treatments: Depends on location of crack and severity and can range from filling, root canal and crown. If the crack is severe, the tooth will need to be extracted.
Avulsed (knocked out) Tooth
- Causes: Physical injury
- Symptoms: Pain, empty space where the tooth used to be, and bleeding in the mouth following trauma. Locate the tooth and store in milk or saliva, and not water. It is important to not touch the root of the tooth.
- Triggers: None.
- Treatments: Locate the tooth and hold the tooth by the crown and not the root. If you feel comfortable attempting to reinsert the tooth in your mouth, then you will rinse the tooth with water or saline and gently reposition the tooth in the socket and call your dentist to schedule an appointment. Otherwise, you need to call your dentist right away. Place the tooth in a small container and submerge with milk, saline, or saliva to transport to your dentist. Your dentist will reposition the tooth and then ligate it to the adjacent teeth for stability and may schedule an appointment for a root canal at a later date.
Facial Swelling or Abscess
- Causes: Immune response to bacteria
- Symptoms: Swelling and inflammation because of trapped bacteria, pus, and dead tissue. Intense pulsating and throbbing pain.
- Triggers: Poor hygiene and compromised immune system.
- Treatments: incision and drainage to remove pus and follow up appointment to treat underlying cause.
Loss Filling
- Causes: Debonding of restoration or fracture of restoration
- Symptoms: Sensitivity to hot, cold, sweets, pain when chewing, sharp ledge, food impaction.
- Triggers: Clenching and grinding, recurrent decay.
- Treatments: Replacement of restoration.
