What To Do When You Kid Has A Dental Emergency
A dental emergency can happen to anyone, but the playful exuberance of kids, not to mention their self-perceived invulnerability, leads to them injuring their mouths more frequently than adults. Unfortunately, not all incidents occur while the dentist’s office is open, so it is important to know what to do in a variety of these situations. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist talks about what to do when a dental emergency befalls your child. (more…)
When Do Kids Need Emergency Dentistry?
A dental emergency is any discomfort or injury that is not life threatening, but needs immediate attention from a pediatric dentist. We offer emergency care for kids of all ages in Dallas, TX, and surrounding communities. In today’s blog, we’re looking at how we examine and repair smiles to help prevent complications from a child’s dental emergency.
Easing The Discomfort Of A Dental Emergency
When your child has pain in his or her mouth, or a tooth that has become chipped or cracked, then this could be considered a dental emergency. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist will talk about how to address common injuries to ease discomfort, and how we can offer treatment to bring your child relief!
When Your Child Needs Emergency Treatment
A chipped or cracked tooth, or one that hurts or is knocked loose, needs immediate attention. Our team offers emergency dental care, even when the injury happens outside of our normal business hours. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist talks about when a kid needs emergency treatment, and how to ease your child’s discomfort.
Immediate Care For Chipped Teeth
When your child chips a tooth, or one is knocked loose or out, then care is needed right away to avoid complications and protect the smile. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist will discuss our immediate treatment options for damaged teeth, and how you can respond to help protect their smile until we can see them.
A Look At When Kids Need Emergency Dentistry
What should you do if your child chips a tooth, or knocks one out? These are examples of common dental emergencies, and situations that need attention right away. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist will explain how we treat emergency situations, and what you can do ease discomfort before seeing us.
When to Consider Extracting Your Child’s Tooth
One of the most important goals in your child’s continued dental health care is to help them preserve their healthy, natural teeth without any, or with minimal, complications. This is especially important during the early years of your child’s oral health development, before their permanent teeth have developed and their oral structures have stopped growing. However, in some instances, promoting healthy growth and development of your child’s teeth and oral structures might require extracting one of your child’s teeth in order to avoid even more concerns with their smiles. (more…)
Treatments that Can Address Your Child’s Dental Emergency
Dental emergencies aren’t age-specific, and many of the same problems that might unexpectedly affect your oral health might also become problems for children. Fortunately, addressing your child’s dental emergency isn’t necessarily more complicated. Depending on the specific concern, we can personalize the right emergency dental treatment to help alleviate their discomfort and restore their healthy smiles. Today, we examine a few common types of treatments that can address many of the kinds of emergencies children might experience. (more…)
Ensuring Your Child Is Ready For An Emergency Visit
When your child sustains an injury to the tooth, or develops aches due to cavities or infection, then they may benefit from emergency treatment. In today’s blog, we’re looking at not only how we treat common dental emergencies, but what you can do to help prepare your kids for an emergency visit with their Dallas, TX, dentist.
Does Your Child’s Tooth Hurt? Here’s What You Should Know
Children are great at exaggerating, but when it comes to complaints about their dental health, it’s always safer to take them seriously. For example, if your child complains of a toothache, it could be a warning sign of something more significant, such as a cavity. Even if your child exaggerates the level of pain they feel, the fact that the tooth hurts at all may be an important warning. Today, we examine a few things you should know if your child’s tooth hurts, including what it could mean and how we can help alleviate the problem. (more…)