Emergency Dentist – Mineola, NY 

How We Treat Dental Emergencies

To stop the pain and repair the damage caused by a dental emergency, we typically follow these four steps:

• Schedule an Appointment: We’ll make time to see you as soon as possible for an emergency examination. It’s generally ideal if you can get to our office on the same day as your call.
• Emergency Examination: Obviously, treating your pain is always one of our top priorities, but the only way we can truly put a stop to your emergency is to narrow down what’s causing it – hence why we’ll need to examine your smile and capture X-rays of your mouth and jaw.
• Review Findings: We’ll explain your oral health situation as clearly as possible. Then, we’ll go over your options for treatment and create a plan that’s right for your grin (as well as your budget).
• Give Your Smile the Care It Deserves: Your emergency plan could involve personalized crowns, root canal therapy, and other treatments depending on what your underlying problem is.

The Most Common Dental Emergencies

What counts as a dental emergency? We’ll make this easy for you: if you or a family member experience any painful or out-of-the-ordinary oral symptoms, go ahead and contact our dental office. We’ll let you know what to do at the moment and tell you whether or not you should come to see us right away. In the meantime, here are some of the most common dental emergencies we see.

Understanding the Cost of Dental Emergencies

There is no set price for emergency dentistry—the cost of your care will be based solely on the type and degree of your injury as well as the procedure needed to address it. For both your teeth and your wallet, it is always better to come to see us sooner rather than later, as this allows us to take care of an issue before it becomes more advanced.

Keys to Preventing Dental Emergencies

Fortunately, lowering your risk of experiencing a dental emergency is fairly simple, given that you keep a few practices in mind:

• Wear a mouthguard when playing sports (both contact and non-contact)
• Be very careful when chewing particularly hard or sticky foods
• Don’t use your teeth to open packages
• Avoid chewing on ice, pens, pencils, and other hard, non-food items
• Keep up with your biannual checkups and cleanings to prevent small issues from turning into emergencies

Root Canal Therapy

Often, the worst toothaches are caused by a dental infection that has reached the interior nerve of a tooth, which is called the dental pulp. A root canal allows your dentist to access and remove this pulp, stopping the infection and the pain at the same time. Thanks to Dr. Casañas’ experience and use of sedation, most patients describe feeling practically nothing during this procedure.

Tooth Extractions

We will only recommend an extraction if a tooth is simply beyond repair due to extensive decay or trauma. We know that this procedure can cause some patients to feel nervous, which is why we’re happy to offer sedation to ensure a calm and comfortable experience. Afterward, we can also help a patient quickly replace their tooth with one of our custom-made restorations.

Dental Emergency FAQs

If you’re experiencing moderate to severe discomfort or any other urgent issue with your smile, then you’ll likely want to see your emergency dentist in Mineola right away. When you visit our team at Meadowbrook Dental Care, we can help make an unsettling situation less overwhelming by assessing your dental condition and providing the necessary treatment to get you back on track with good oral health. Since you may have questions about what to expect, we’ve gathered some of the most common ones we get so that you can learn more. Feel free to reach out to us if you don’t see the information you’re looking for!