I think I have a severe dental emergency

 

If you have:

  • Facial swelling affecting your vision, breathing or preventing your mouth opening more than 2 fingers width

    OR

  • Trauma causing loss of consciousness, double vision or vomiting

you have a severe dental emergency and need to go straight to A&E. If you have a new cough or fever please call NHS 111 and they will direct you to the appropriate care

My emergency isn’t severe but it is still causing me problems

 

Please call NHS 111 if you have one of the following:

  • Facial swelling extending to eye or neck or floor of the mouth

  • Bleeding following an extraction that does not stop after 20 mins of solid pressure with gauze or tissue

  • Bleeding due to trauma

  • Severely broken tooth, or tooth fallen out with pain

  • Toothache that is preventing sleep, eating combined with swelling or fever that is not manageable with pain killers

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