By Arthur Kezian

There is no pain like an acute pain sometime late at night. You may have a medical doctor on a 24 hour service as in private clinics or hospitals where you can refer to 24-hour emergency rooms but there is no such service for dental pain or emergency.

Hence, there is a need for an emergency dentist today as there may be some individuals who experience acute dental pain outside normal dental service hours. This is the kind of pain where normal painkillers will not be effective and this is where you would want emergency dental services.

Availability

Not all dentists can or do provide emergency hours, so it is important to find one that does. Dr. Kezian and his staff have priority scheduling for emergencies as well as flexible hours. An emergency dentist should be able to extend his or her dental services to cover after office hours or during public holidays and weekends when most dental clinics are closed.

Such availability of dental services of normal dentists opting to serve as emergency services is very noble and appreciated. The dental fees may be higher than the normal dental fees but if it is needful procedure, it would be worth the cost.

Scope of service

An emergency dentist can offer any dental service he wishes during his service period. He may choose not to take on all types of dental treatments; he is usually on call rather than open his clinic for you to make a visit in the middle of the night unless he stays at his clinic.

The scope of dental services which are offered by an emergency dentist could be to ease the acute dental pain for you with a stronger painkiller injection or to extract the bad tooth immediately to ease the pain, which normally works well.

Other types of dental services which an emergency dentist takes on can be administering to gum infections or periodontal abscesses which are causing you bad toothaches. A cracked tooth is another facet which an emergency dentist can take on, depending on the severity of pain and damage. Most of the time, the patient is asked to come in on the next working day unless it is a long weekend and there is an important reason for the patient to have his cracked tooth repaired like his wedding weekend.

Prevention of Emergency visits

You can take the necessary precautions to prevent calling or visiting an emergency dentist. It is very simple; you only need to exercise sufficient dental care regularly and diligently. One of the most effective preventive measures of calling the emergency dentist is to undertake regular dental checkup with a proper personal dental care.

You can have regular cleaning and checking of your teeth with your dentist advising you on good oral hygiene care. This will allow your teeth to be maintained in good condition and avoid having to call the emergency dentist.

Visiting the emergency dentist can be quite costly if the dental clinic is not opened on a 24-basis.

Dr. Arthur A. Kezian DDS 443 N. Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90004 (323) 467-2777