Dental Emergency at Antalya Dental Hospital, Turkey
Dental Emergency: What Are They, Benefits and Cost
In the dental clinic you can not only come to our outpatient service at any time from 8.30 in the morning. There is always someone available for you even after this ambulance service has ended.
We know what a nightly visit to the dentist entails and try to make your visit as pleasant as possible. We are happy to offer the follow-up treatments that are often necessary after the emergency therapy in our day services in the respective specialized departments of our dental clinic. The Antalya Dental Clinic is your central contact for oral health!
We are here for you. Always. And by always we mean 24/7.
Got a dental emergency?
Dental emergencies can happen to anyone. We know that some dental problems are often extremely painful or disconcerting. There are times when you need immediate attention, and we can help.
Urgent dental care comes in various forms – it can be treatment for toothache or injuries like a knocked out tooth, among other things. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms below, please give us a call right away.
Types of dental emergencies
- Painful swelling in your mouth
- Continued bleeding in your mouth after extraction or surgery
- Pain in your teeth, gums or jawbones
- Severe tooth sensitivity
- Gum infection that includes swelling or pain
- Broken, cracked or knocked-out tooth
- Any filling or crown that is chipped, broken or lost
- Any teeth issues that cause discomfort whilst eating
- Any mouth ulcers that cause discomfort
- Dressing change or removal of stitches
- Biopsy of abnormal tissue
- Cheek or gums that hurt from poking braces or wires
- Orthodontic brackets that come off
- Denture adjustment if you’re receiving radiation or treatment for cancer
It is important that we treat dental problems before they lead to more serious damage to your oral health.
If you need urgent dental attention after our clinic hours, we have an on-call team who will be happy and ready to help you.
Stay safe. We are here for you. Always.
We are committed to keeping you and our team safe.
We are taking every precaution recommended by the Antalya Health Authority and routinely follow gold standards in sterilization protocols to ensure that we keep our patients and our team protected, and to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Need more advice?
If you need free and impartial advice about your oral health, contact our Antalya Dental Hospital Helpline by email or call +90 242-999-1227 (local rate call in the Turkey).
Our Antalya Dental Hospital Helpline is completely confidential and has helped almost 20,000+ people. Contact our experts by telephone, email or online enquiry, Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 18:00.
Frequently Asked Questions About Dental Health
FAQs
Our FAQs are the most commonly-asked questions put to our Dental Helpline over the last year. If you have a question for us, you can ask our Dental Helpline by telephone or email. Alternatively, please take a look at our library of oral health information, which contains a wide range of oral health advice in an easy-to-understand Q&A format.
Your teeth can get fluoride in a number of different ways, including from toothpaste, specific fluoride applications and perhaps the drinking water in your area. These can all help to prevent tooth decay.
If you are unsure about how much fluoride you need in your toothpaste ask your dental team.
All children up to three years old should use a smear of toothpaste with a fluoride level of at least 1000ppm (parts per million). After three years old, they should use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste that contains 1350ppm to 1500ppm.
You can check the level of fluoride on the packaging of the toothpaste. Children should be supervised when brushing up to the age of 7. You should make sure that they do not rinse but spit out the toothpaste, and that they don’t swallow any if possible. This way the fluoride stays in the mouth for longer and will be more effective.
The dentist will prepare the tooth to the ideal shape for the crown. This will involve removing a layer of the outer surface, leaving a strong inner core. The amount of the tooth removed will be the same as the thickness of the crown.
Once the tooth is shaped, the dental team will take an impression (mould) of the prepared tooth, one of the opposite jaw and possibly another to show the way you bite together.
The impressions will then be given to a dental technician, along with information about the shade to use and any other information they need.
Your first appointment should just be for a consultation. See it as an opportunity for you to ‘interview’ the dentist, receptionist and other members of the team, and have a chat about what to expect next. The dentist may check your teeth with a mirror and probe and may take x-rays before developing a treatment plan.
Several medications are available to help create more relaxed, comfortable dental visits. Some drugs control pain, some help you relax, and others put you into a deep sleep-like state during dental treatment. You and your dentist can discuss a number of factors when deciding which drugs to use for your treatment. The type of procedure, your overall health, history of allergies and your anxiety level are considered when determining which approach is best for your particular case.
Your dentist might recommend that your child be given anesthesia or sedation to relax them in order to safely complete some dental procedures. Here are some questions to ask your dentist before your child undergoes any type of anesthesia.
Local anesthesia is a type of medication used to prevent pain in a specific area of your mouth during treatment by blocking the nerves that sense or transmit pain, which numbs mouth tissues. Your dentist may apply a topical anesthetic to numb an area before injecting a local anesthetic. Topical anesthetics also may be used to soothe painful mouth sores. Injectable anesthetics may be used in such procedures as filling cavities, preparing teeth for crowns or treating gum disease.
Depending on the procedure, you may need a pain reliever after treatment. Medicines used to relieve pain can be broken into two groups: non-narcotic and narcotic. Non-narcotic are the most commonly used drugs for relief of toothache or pain following dental treatment. They include acetaminophen and non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and asprin. Narcotic analgesics, such as opioids, act on receptors in the brain to relieve pain.
Be sure to talk with your dentist about how to properly secure and dispose of any unused, unwanted or expired medications. Also, take the time to talk with your children about the dangers of using prescription drugs for non-medical purposes.
For some dental visits, your dentist may use a sedative. Sedatives can be administered before or during dental procedures. Sedation may involve gases that ar inhaled, pills that ar taken or medicine which is injected. More complex treatments may require deeper sedation to relieve both pain and anxiety. On occasion, general anesthesia may be used to cause a temporary loss of consciousness.
Dentists treat millions of patients, including managing their pain and anxiety, safely every year. The ADA urges you to take an active role in your oral health care. This means understanding the risks and benefits involved in dental treatment, so that you and your dentist can make the best decisions about the treatment that is right for you. Working together, you and your dentist can choose the appropriate steps to make your dental visit as safe and comfortable as possible, and to help you keep a healthy smile.
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