Top 5 Benefits of Emergency Dentistry - a podcast by Dr. Renee Kurtz

Emergency dentistry is a specialty dedicated to treating patients who have severe and possibly life-threatening dental problems that require immediate medical attention. Like all other forms of medical emergencies, dental emergencies are scary and overwhelming.

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A big challenge of dental emergencies is identifying which problem calls for immediate dental attention. As the line between a typical oral problem and an emergency is blurry, Dr. Renee Kurtz, DMD has had a major challenge of educating patients on matters of oral emergencies.

There are some questions you can address to know whether you have an urgent oral problem or not:

• Are you in pain? – different levels of pain should hint you on how critical your condition is. It is an automatic emergency is the pain is excruciating and unbearable.


• Are you bleeding? – bleeding in the mouth is rare. The mouth has a mechanism to control any bleeding. Therefore, if you notice a lot of blood in your mouth, talk to a dentist as soon as possible.


• Do you have a loose tooth – teeth are the common parts of the oral cavity that fall off when there is a problem. If any of your teeth are shaky or has already fallen off, consider it an oral emergency.

Common Types Of Dental Emergencies:

The Dental Association has taken time to outline some dental problems that are considered critical and urgent. The most common ones include:

• Excessive bleeding – this can be from an open wound, your inner cheeks, or your gum tissue. If the bleeding is beyond what you can manage by yourself, talk to a dentist immediately.


• Excruciating pain – pain that is beyond your capacity to withstand is not something you should condone. It puts a strain on your entire oral cavity, your head, as well as your entire body.


• Swelling – a swell on the wounded part of your mouth cannot worry you. However, if the inflammation spreads to other parts of your body like your head, shoulders, and neck, you need a dentist immediately.


• Missing tooth – if your tooth was not professionally extracted by a dentist, there is no reason you should be losing your adult teeth. Call a dentist as soon as that happens.


• Significant oral infection – it can manifest in the form of a mouth sore, gum disease, tongue sores, tonsillitis, abscessed tooth, to mention a few.

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