If you have an emergency involving your teeth or your mouth, you need to see a dental emergency physician. An emergency dentist is generally the first person you will think of seeing in a dental emergency because the problem causing the emergency has to do with the mouth. In some cases, you should go to the emergency room instead. If you have bitten your tongue or your lip and have severe bleeding that will not stop, it is important to have it treated quickly and you should go to an emergency room.

        A dental emergency physician should always be seen soon as possible after a serious accident. Time is an essential factor in the ability to successfully treat any trauma. If you are bleeding heavily, it should be treated before blood loss can have a serious affect on you. It is important to treat a knocked out tooth quickly because a tooth that is reimplanted within an hour of being knocked out is much more likely to heal than one that is not. A chipped tooth should always be treated quickly as well, oftentimes the extent of the damage goes beyond what is easily seen.

        One of the most common reasons for adults to see a dental emergency physician is a toothache. When a toothache is so severe that over-the-counter pain relievers are not enough or when a person simply cannot continue to ignore a persistent toothache, it is definitely time to see a dentist. But by waiting until a toothache is that severe, you may allow whatever is causing the damage to grow worse. If you have a minor toothache, treatment could be as simple as a filling, but if you wait until the pain is severe, the treatment could require a root canal or even a tooth extraction.

        If you have already seen a dental emergency physician and now need emergency dental care, you are welcome to call Atlanta Emergency Dentist, Dr. Mark Allan Padolsky. If he is not available, one of the other Atlanta Dental Group PC dentists will often be able to see you. Be sure to inform the receptionist when you call that you are in pain or that the situation is an emergency. Call 404-874-7428 to schedule your emergency dental visit.