Emergency Missing & Lost Teeth Experts in restorative and implant dentistry, the Gentle Dental treat hundreds of missing tooth emergencies a year.
A common dental emergency, patients often lose teeth when it has been knocked out, come loose or from other serious factors like gum disease and infection.
Regardless of how you have lost one or more teeth having it treated straight away is essential.
This is to prevent any further complications to your oral health and protect further deterioration to surrounding teeth.
The most important step is to treat the gums when a tooth is lost as if left untreated, severe gum infections can quickly spread through the jaw causing more damage and pain.
The Gentle Dental offer walk-in and same-day emergency appointments. Our specialists, who have years of experience are available day and night.
Call 020 8224 7562 to book an emergency appointment.
If your tooth has just fallen out, there is a chance that it could be reimplanted and fused with the gum.
However, this should occur within one hour of being knocked out.
The dentist will be able to splint the missing tooth to the neighbouring teeth with thin wire or plastic so it can be held into place whilst it heals.
From here, you will be advised on aftercare and next steps for the reimplantation to be a success.
When a tooth has fallen out it needs to be treated immediately. Classed as high priority emergency appointments, Dr Ali Rifai recommends coming in as soon as an accident occurs.
Before you are admitted to be seen by the dentist, try and follow the below steps:
The common reason for this is when the nerves inside the tooth have died.
However, only dental professionals will be able to determine if the nerves in your tooth have died, these are often referred to as non-vital.
The biggest problems this can cause is discolouration and infections, which are easily treated by specialist dentists.
We have warned above that if a tooth is lost, it needs to be replaced as soon as possible.
Offering only a short window for implantation, lost teeth are commonly treated and replaced with:
These treatment procedures are known to improve the overall look and feel of your mouth as well as improving the functionality and oral health.
6% of adults in the UK have no natural teeth; most of them wear dentures. – dentaly.org
It’s common that if gaps in the mouth go untreated that the remaining teeth have to handle more pressure when biting, as well as encouraging the formation of gum and periodontal disease.
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Due to the expertise of our experienced dental staff, we are known to be one of the best clinics, especially for implant dentistry in the local area.
I was extremely happy with the treatment I received at the Gentle Dental Clinic. My teeth now look exactly how I want them to thanks to Micheal, he was an absolute professional throughout the whole process aswell as everyone else at the clinic! – Dylan D – Epsom
This has allowed us to expand our services and team meaning we can accept new patients from:
Call 020 8224 7562 to book an emergency appointment.
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