Emergency appointment in Thorpe Bay

When would I need an emergency dental appointment?

If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, you will need an emergency dental appointment:

• Facial swelling extending to your eyes or neck
• Bleeding after an extraction that doesn't stop (even after applying pressure for 20 minutes)
• Bleeding from a mouth trauma (injury) that doesn't stop
• Toothache that is preventing you from sleeping or eating
• Toothache with swelling or fever that cannot be managed with painkillers

If you are experiencing any of the below symptoms, please visit accident and emergency (A&E) at your nearest hospital.

• Your face is swollen and this is affecting your vision or breathing; and preventing your mouth from opening (more than two fingers wide)
• If you have a mouth trauma (injury) that is causing loss of consciousness, double vision or vomiting
• A very high fever (over 38.5°C), strong or worsening pain, feeling generally very unwell, or swelling of nearby glands (lymph nodes)
• Heavy or uncontrolled bleeding that does not stop after holding firm pressure for 15 minutes

How to book an emergency dentist appointment? 

If you need dental emergency care during our opening hours, please call our friendly reception team. You will then be given an emergency dental appointment as soon as is appropriate, based on your needs. 

If you are a private patient with us and need to see an emergency dentist outside of our practice opening hours, phone reception and a recorded message will give details of our out-of-hours service. 

If you require emergency dental care, you will be seen the same day if possible. If you require urgent care, you will be given advice to help manage the symptoms. You will then be given an emergency dental appointment as soon as is appropriate, based on your needs. If you are an NHS patient with us and you need emergency dental care outside of your practice opening hours, please call NHS 111.