Emergency Dentist in West Bloomfield, MI

Severe pain, a knocked out or badly broken tooth, uncontrolled bleeding, or facial swelling all count as dental emergencies. If you are unsure, call our office and we will help you decide.

Pick the tooth up by the crown, not the root, rinse it gently if dirty, and try to place it back in the socket or keep it in milk. Call our office immediately.

Yes. We see emergency patients the same day. Call our office as soon as a problem starts, tell our team what has happened, and they will fit you in and tell you what to do in the meantime. You do not need to have been here before to be seen.

Yes. We are open Saturdays from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon, as well as weekdays. A tooth that breaks on a Friday night or starts aching on a Saturday morning does not have to wait until Monday, which is when most dental pain gets worse rather than better. Call as soon as we open and we will see you that day.

Almost never. A hospital emergency room can manage pain, drain a serious infection, and treat facial trauma, and those are exactly the situations you should go there for. What it usually cannot do is treat the tooth itself, so most people leave with pain relief, sometimes antibiotics, and instructions to see a dentist, which means paying for a visit that has not fixed anything. If the problem is the tooth, call us first. Go to the emergency room for heavy bleeding you cannot control, a facial injury, swelling affecting your eye or your breathing, or difficulty swallowing.

Yes, and it is the one people most often wait on. An infected tooth does not clear up on its own, and pain that has faded usually means the nerve has died rather than that the problem has gone. Left alone it spreads into the bone and the surrounding tissue, which is when you see facial swelling. Call us the same day, and go straight to an emergency room instead if the swelling is affecting your eye, your throat, or your breathing. Most cases are resolved with root canal treatment or an extraction.

A small chip with no pain is usually not urgent, but it is worth having looked at soon, because a rough edge cuts your tongue and a chip that has reached the inner layer will start reacting to hot and cold. Call the same day if the tooth is sensitive, if you can see a pink or dark spot in the middle of the break, or if a large piece has come away. Those point to the nerve being exposed, and that changes what the tooth needs.

Call our office and follow the instructions on our voicemail. For severe bleeding, facial trauma, or difficulty breathing, go to the nearest emergency room right away.

Call us anyway. We work with most major PPO plans, and we will look at your benefits while we get you in. Treating a problem early usually keeps it smaller and simpler than waiting does. The quickest way to get a real answer for your own case is a short conversation. Call us at (248) 863-9109 or book online.