Urgent Dental Care 2 articles

Urgent Dental Care deals with dental problems that cannot reasonably wait for a routine appointment but do not all carry the same level of risk. Acute pain, swelling, trauma, uncontrolled bleeding, lost restorations and signs of spreading infection require triage to determine whether same-day treatment, temporary stabilisation, referral or emergency medical escalation is needed. Urgency, triage and immediate stabilisation define the remit, with definitive care following after the cause and level of risk are established.