Dental emergencies vary and it is normally when you are in pain that you will visit a dental practice for an emergency. Heard of the saying if its not broke, don’t fix it? Not always the case! Prevention is better than cure!
There are ways to try and avoid a dental emergency – visiting the dentist regularly for check-ups and having regular appointments with the hygienist. However, dental pain unfortunately isn’t always avoidable and there are lots of different types of dental pain that can come on suddenly and be very painful and uncomfortable when it happens. It can cause disturbed sleep, unable to eat and make you feel unwell.
We have listed a few types of dental emergencies:
