Emergency
Emergency Dentist in Gurgaon
Some dental problems can wait for a convenient appointment. Others cannot. A knocked-out tooth has the best chance of being saved within the first hour. Facial swelling that is spreading is a reason to be seen the same day, not next week.
If you are in pain or something has just happened, call the clinic rather than reading further - we will tell you what to do in the meantime and when to come in.
Most dental pain is not an emergency in the medical sense, but a few situations genuinely are time-critical. A permanent tooth knocked completely out has the best chance of surviving if it is back in the socket within the hour - after that the cells on the root surface start dying and the odds fall away quickly. Almost nothing else in dentistry moves on that clock.
The second group that matters is spreading infection. A dental abscess that stays localised is painful but contained. One that starts tracking into the tissues of the face or neck is a different problem, and swelling that begins to close the eye, lift the floor of the mouth or affect breathing or swallowing is a hospital emergency rather than a dental one. If that is what is happening, go to A&E - do not wait for a dental appointment.
Everything else - a broken tooth, a lost filling, a crown that has come off, a throbbing tooth - needs to be seen promptly but is not measured in minutes. The immediate aim is to get the pain under control and the infection contained; the tooth is rebuilt properly once you are comfortable and can make decisions calmly.
Why patients choose us for this
Told what to do immediately
The first ten minutes often decide the outcome. We talk you through what to do before you arrive.
Seen the same day where it matters
Trauma, spreading swelling and uncontrolled bleeding are prioritised over routine appointments.
Pain settled first
The immediate job is to stop the pain and control infection. Definitive treatment is planned after that, unhurried.
What to expect
- 01
Call
Describe what happened. We tell you what to do right now and how soon you need to be seen.
- 02
Assessment
An examination and, where needed, an X-ray establish what is actually causing the problem.
- 03
Relief
Pain is controlled and infection managed - draining, dressing or starting treatment as the case requires.
- 04
The plan
Once you are comfortable, we explain what the tooth needs longer term and what it will involve.
Your options
Knocked-out tooth
Handle by the crown only. Rinse briefly in milk or saline if dirty - never scrub. Replace in the socket if you can, or keep in milk. Come immediately.
Broken tooth
Keep any fragment in milk. Rinse with warm salt water and avoid chewing on that side until it has been assessed.
Swelling or abscess
Needs to be seen the same day. Swelling affecting the eye, floor of mouth, breathing or swallowing is a hospital emergency.
Lost filling or crown
Uncomfortable but rarely urgent. Keep the crown, avoid chewing on it, and book promptly to stop the tooth breaking further.
How long it takes
Trauma and spreading swelling are seen the same day wherever possible. Other emergencies are given the earliest available appointment.
What it costs
An emergency visit is charged as a consultation with any immediate treatment quoted before it is carried out. You will not be asked to commit to a full treatment plan while you are in pain.
Get a written estimateAfterwards
What the next few days actually look like, so nothing comes as a surprise.
- Take the painkillers you normally tolerate, at the correct interval, rather than waiting for pain to peak.
- Keep the area clean but be gentle - warm salt water rinses from the day after any procedure.
- Avoid very hot or cold food on that side until you have been reviewed.
- If swelling increases rather than settles after treatment, contact the clinic again the same day.
Antibiotics are not a treatment
A course of antibiotics will often settle a dental infection enough for the pain to stop, and it is tempting to leave it there. The infection almost always returns, because the source inside the tooth has not been treated - and each round makes the eventual treatment harder. Antibiotics buy time; they do not fix the tooth.
Frequently asked questions
My tooth has been knocked out - what do I do?
Hold it by the crown, never the root. If it is dirty, rinse it briefly in milk or saline - not water, and do not scrub it. If you can, place it back in the socket and bite gently on a clean cloth. If you cannot, keep it in milk and come immediately. Time matters more than anything else here.
What counts as a dental emergency?
Pain that stops you sleeping or does not respond to painkillers, facial swelling, a knocked-out or pushed-out tooth, a fractured tooth with exposed nerve, bleeding that will not stop, or a broken denture or appliance causing injury. Swelling that affects your eye, floor of the mouth or breathing is a hospital emergency, not a dental one - go to A&E.
Do I need an appointment?
Call first. It lets us prepare, tell you what to do in the meantime, and make room for you rather than having you wait.
Will you just prescribe antibiotics?
Antibiotics alone rarely fix a dental problem - they mute an infection that returns once the course ends. Where they are genuinely needed we prescribe them, but the aim is always to treat the cause.