hi my name is dr. Gary Adams and I'm a dentist at maryland holistic dentist in
Maryland today we are going to talk about dental emergencies and what
to do if you have a dental emergency first off by all means if it's during
the week Monday through Friday give us a call we will promise to see any patients
who are in pain or have a legitimate dental emergency the same day and I
promise you that we will do whatever is necessary to get you out of pain or
stabilize your situation let's talk about the most common dental emergency
the most common dental emergency if someone has a deep cavity they have some
kind of dental infection of they've had a trauma where they've broken a tooth
and that necessitates some kind of oral surgery procedure to get the patient out
of pain first off again we will see you the same day you know if you have an
emergency like this where your tooth hurts I will do whatever's necessary to
get you out of pain even if that means taking out all your wisdom teeth and
staying after hours to get that done let's talk about tooth extraction
technique not all dental extractions are created equal what I do a dental match
dentists associates in Rockville Maryland is I use in a tramatic
technique what I try to do is get the tooth out as quickly and smoothly and
strategically as possible we try not to push too hard or pull too hard and we
will get the tooth out and in that fashion most type of tooth is taken out
correctly there will not be a lot of pain afterwards unless the patient comes
in and a lot of pinyon with a lot of infection but you know you're sure will
be headed in the right direction when when you're finished there's a lot of
different things that may need to be done to get teeth out I will never under
any circumstances put my foot on your chest and pull real
hard for people that want to hear a little bit more about how teeth come out
I'll give you the analogy that I often do in the office teeth are like a lot
like trees they have roots they can be long they can be strong and they can be
curvy and you can take the forceful approach and you know if you had a big
tree in your yard they need to be removed you could hook a chain up to a
truck and you could literally pull it out and you would probably pull
everything else in your yard out - that makes a big mess I don't do that
typically what I will do is evaluate your tooth you know we'll take an x-ray
we'll see how the roots are formed some teeth can be easily slipped out by you
know by directing gentle pressure in the right direction
some teeth are more difficult I'll be the first to let you know some teeth
have multiple roots the roots go in different directions teeth can be
sitting sideways typically typically what I will do in those cases is look at
the tooth and the tooth may need to be separated into a couple pieces for
example the tooth has three roots that are all very curved I may separate that
tooth into three pieces and take it out like three splinters that is a much
better way we will throw the tooth in the trash when we're finished but I do
not want you to be in a lot of pain and sometimes a tooth that's coming out we
may want to replace that so the last thing we want to do is damage all the
tissue and having a lot of pain and not be able to replace it - again my name is
dr. Gary Adams I'm a dentist in maryland holistic dentist and we talked a
little bit about dental emergencies and the most common dental emergency is
definitely some circumstances that necessitates dental extraction if you
find yourself in pain and you need a solution right away give us a call the
phone number in the office is 3014211996
and or gets you in real soon thank you