Dental Emergencies
Have a dental emergency? Stay calm, we're here to help!
Dental emergencies should be addressed at the earliest possible convenience and are best managed by your dentist.
Delaying treatment may not only make it more complex, but may also increase your discomfort. If your dental emergency occurs within office hours, please contact us to ensure prompt management of your concern, we’ll do everything we can to see you as soon as possible.
For after-hours dental emergency treatment, we provide an on-call service for our existing, active patients where we will endeavour to contact your dentist to provide advice.
If you are an existing, active patient of Medland and are experiencing a dental emergency and need to contact your dentist out of hours, please phone:
Dental Emergency FAQs
Below are some of the frequently asked questions we receive regarding emergency dentistry treatment at Medland Dental.
If you have any other questions please get in touch with our friendly team.
Dental emergencies should be addressed as soon as possible.
If your dental emergency occurs within office hours, please contact us to ensure prompt management of your concern.
For existing Medland patients, we also offer an after-hours emergency treatment service, where we will endeavour to accomplish pain relief and provide advice. Please phone 0479 040 708 to access the after-hours service for Medland patients.
Immediate management will optimise the rate of success in all dental trauma cases. Always attempt to retrieve the tooth if it has been knocked out completely. If emergency medical help is at hand ie. first aid at a sports carnival, consult them for help.
- First determine whether it is an adult or baby tooth.
- In the case of a baby tooth being knocked out, do not replace the tooth into the socket. Keep the tooth if you can find it and contact us for an emergency appointment, simply to ensure that it is in fact a baby tooth, the surrounding teeth remain sound and, the soft tissue damage is not severe.
- In the case of a dislodged adult tooth. If the tooth can be retrieved and is not contaminated, replace the tooth in the socket as soon as possible – ensure you have it the right way round! If the tooth has been contaminated with debris, rinse for ten seconds under cool running water and replace the tooth in the socket. In either case contact us immediately for an emergency dental visit as soon as possible.
- If the tooth can not be repositioned at the time of the accident. Keep the tooth stored in whole milk or alternatively tucked in the cheek of the patient, careful not to swallow the tooth, and contact us immediately for an emergency dental visit.
If the tooth is partially dislodged, and no longer in its normal position, contact us as soon as possible for an emergency dental appointment. Any delay in treatment will negatively affect the chances of success.
It is important to address your dental emergency as soon as possible.
Within office hours please contact us to ensure prompt management of your concern.
For existing Medland patients, we also offer an after-hours emergency treatment service, where we will endeavour to accomplish pain relief and provide advice. Please phone 0479 040 708 to access the after-hours service for Medland patients.
In extreme cases, especially severe facial swelling, management by a hospital emergency department may be required.
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