Emergency Dental Care

If your child is experiencing a dental emergency that requires immediate medical attention, such as severe facial trauma or swelling, please call 911 or proceed to your nearest emergency room for immediate assistance. If your child has any other dental emergency that cannot wait until our regular office hours, please call our on-call answering service at 623-624-2606 to triage all other dental emergencies. This service is only for active patients of record, telehealth fees apply.

Tooth Ache

Begin by cleaning around the sore tooth meticulously. Using warm salt water, rinse the mouth to displace any food trapped between teeth.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you use aspirin on the aching tooth or on the gum.

In the event of facial swelling, apply a cold compress to the area. For temporary pain relief, acetaminophen or ibuprofen is recommended. See a dentist as soon as possible.

Knocked Out Permanent Tooth

First of all, remain calm. If possible, find the tooth and hold it by the crown rather than the root. Replace the tooth in the socket and hold it there with clean gauze or a washcloth. If you can’t put the tooth back in the socket, try to keep it moist. Place the tooth in a clean container with (in order of preference); “Save a Tooth” kit, milk, saliva, or water. Contact our office as soon as you can 623-362-1150. If it is after hours, take your child and the container immediately to an emergency room. The faster you act, the better your chances of saving the tooth. Also contact our office, which will connect you to our afterhours answering service. They will contact the doctors, who will try to reach you as soon as possible to discuss follow-up care, root canal therapy, etc.