It is very easy for things to get out of hand in your mouth; bits may get damaged, pain may break out at anytime and you may find yourself panicking as to what to do. Well in Leeds you are quite lucky because a lot of dentists offer an out of hour’s service and can cover you should an emergency arise; you also have the hospitals to fall back on in a serious situation, which is the moral of this story: just what is a dental emergency? In serious situations such as an abscess or a knocked out tooth, time is of the essence here: an abscess can be dangerous and you need antibiotics as soon as you can get them to stop the condition becoming possibly life threatening; you can save your tooth if you get treated immediately by putting it back in. However, there are other crises that you don’t have to hit the panic button with. As long as you have stocked up on painkillers and a few herbal products such as clove oil, you can put the emergency on hold until you can get to you dentist during day-time hours. The things that fall under this category are tooth ache, a chip, a lost crown, filling or veneer and these are manageable. However, if you feel like you want to be treated at any time, you go for it if you want to, it is your oral health you are dealing with here after all, and you will be paying for it anyway, so if you want help in any situation and it will make you feel better, then go and get it.
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