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I am Experiencing Pain

Dental emergencies are inconvenient, stressful, and often frightening. It can be hard to keep your cool during any urgent situation but remaining calm and calling us are the keys to successful treatment. We are equipped to handle many emergencies. When you call our office with a dental emergency, we’ll get you a prompt appointment and then provide important advice for handling your situation in the meantime.

From a knocked-out tooth to chipped, broken, and aching teeth, we see a range of situations in our office. How to know if you’re dealing with a dental emergency? In general, if your tooth is aching, broken, or if you’re bleeding from the mouth, you should seek urgent attention from your dentist.

WHY CHOOSE HERRES DENTAL FOR EMERGENCY DENTISTRY ?

  • Same-day appointments available for emergency patients
  • Advanced technology leads to faster & better care
  • Experience and qualification from years of training.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Dr. Herres has years of experience practicing dentistry and has received certification that only 2% of General Dentists in the United States have achieved. He is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry and an Associate Fellow in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Whatever your emergency might be, you can trust that he and his team have the skills and expertise to handle it with ease. Plus, they make it a point to keep the office up to date with the latest dental technology, ensuring they’re able to find and treat a problem as
quickly and efficiently as possible.

WHAT TO DO AFTER A KNOCKED-OUT TOOTH

When a tooth comes completely out of the gum line, time is of the essence — the chances of reattachment lessen with each minute that passes. Teeth are usually successfully repaired when attended to within the first two hours of loss. Call our office immediately. Find the tooth, rinse away any debris (careful never to touch the root of the tooth), and replace the tooth in its empty socket, the cheek, or in a bag of milk until you can reach our office.

OTHER COMMON DENTAL EMERGENCIES

A knocked-out tooth is one of the most urgent dental emergencies, but a variety of situations may require immediate attention. Some of the most common situations we deal with at Herres Dental include:

  • Broken, fractured teeth
  • Toothache
  • Broken crown or filling
  • Foreign object lodged between teeth
  • Jaw pain
  • Swellings in or around the mouth.

Don’t wait to seek emergency care if you or a loved one experience these or other urgent situations.

ROOT CANALS

Inside of each and every tooth is a small amount of tissue called the dental pulp, which in addition to numerous blood vessels, contains the sensitive nerve of the tooth. It can actually become infected if exposed to bacteria,  leading to a very severe toothache. To stop this kind of pain and save the tooth from extraction, our team can use a root canal. We’ll simply remove the infected tissue, clean the tooth, fill it, and then rebuild it using a restoration. Thanks to modern-day dental techniques, root canals are now not only relatively painless, but
treated teeth can be trusted to look and function like normal for decades afterward.

TOOTH EXTRACTIONS

Our primary goal is to help our patients keep all of their natural teeth for as long as possible, but in certain circumstances, the best thing we can do is simply remove a problem tooth. Examples include:

  • A cavity is too large to be repaired with a filling or crown
  • The enamel is so damaged that it cannot be put back together
  • Advanced periodontal disease is present

Whatever the case may be, patient comfort is always our top priority when performing and extraction, so we’ll use a light touch, local anesthetic, and even dental sedation, if requested, to make the process nice and easy.

Office Hours

Monday: 7:30-5:00
Tuesday: 7:30-5:00
Wednesday: 9:30-6:00
Thursday: 7:30-5:00
*Friday, Saturday, Sunday: (Closed)
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