{"id":475,"date":"2024-04-19T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T12:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrisonburgsmiles.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:27:16","slug":"er-for-dental-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harrisonburgsmiles.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/19\/er-for-dental-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Call the Emergency Room When a Dental Emergency Strikes?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You probably already have a plan in place for dealing with a medical emergency: get to the nearest emergency room as soon as possible. But what if you have an urgent dental issue? Is going to the emergency room still the best course of action? Your emergency dentist<\/a> is here to explain what you should do when your smile needs treatment as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Can the Emergency Room Help with Dental Issues?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most emergency rooms do not have dentists. Consequently, they generally cannot offer any services that only a dentist can perform, such as a tooth extraction or a root canal treatment. This means that aside from offering pain medication and antibiotics, they are unable to treat a wide array of dental complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, there are certain life-threatening situations involving the mouth that are best handled by the emergency room, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n