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Dental emergencies

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Dental emergencies seen by doctors include:

  • dental caries and secondary infections
  • gingivitis
  • wisdom tooth problems
  • pain after dentistry or unsatisfactory filling
  • dental haemorrhage
  • dental trauma
  • dislocation of the temporomandibular joint and
  • jaw fracture

Pain referred to the jaw and teeth may come from other sites in the head and neck, tooth problems elsewhere and heart or chest conditions

Reference:

  1. Rodriguez JM, Kalsi H, Bavisha K, Darbar U. The Emergency Dental Appointment: Restorative Emergencies Part 1 - Tooth Related Problems. Prim Dent J. 2017 May 01;6(2):52-61

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