If you have a sudden accident and lose your tooth, have an abscess, or a broken crown, your teeth need to receive proper care as soon as possible. In a dental emergency, do not wait in pain causing further damage, call the experts at Linden Dental Associates at 908-486-5252. We are available for:
Traumatic Dental Injuries
A lost permanent tooth requires immediate action. To further reduce the damage and increase the probability of saving the tooth, pick it up without touching the root, gently clean it off with water, and put it back in its socket facing the correct way.
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Tooth Pain
Acute or persistent tooth pain requires an urgent visit to the dental office. The most common cause of dental pain is tooth decay, a bacterial infection that can spread through many parts of the tooth, and even into the gum tissue.
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Gum Emergencies
Injuries and infections involving the soft tissues of the mouth may also require emergency treatment. The tissues of the gums, tongue, or cheek lining can be damaged by accidental bites, falls, sports injuries, and scalding liquids.
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Orthodontic Emergencies
Trauma or injury to the face, mouth or teeth is an orthodontic emergency that requires immediate treatment. Infection or swelling of the face, mouth or gums or severe discomfort also requires immediate attention.
Read MoreDental emergencies do not check your calendar first. A cracked tooth at dinner, a throbbing ache at midnight, a child’s fall at practice: when it happens, call 908-486-5252 and we will get you seen promptly, with same-day urgent visits built into our schedule. While you are on your way, we will tell you exactly what to do, and what not to do, for your specific situation.
Pain relief comes first. A clear explanation and an honest plan come right after. Our specialists on staff mean even complex emergencies are usually handled here, in one place, by a team that already knows you or is about to.
One more thing worth knowing before an emergency ever happens: save our number in your phone right now. 908-486-5252, under Dentist. In a painful moment, the difference between searching and calling is real, and future you will thank present you for the thirty seconds it takes.
Parents, a word meant for you: children's dental emergencies are frightening precisely because your child is watching your face for cues. Call us, stay calm out loud, and let us guide you both. Our pediatric team knows how to turn a scary afternoon back into an ordinary one.
Emergencies we handle here
Knocked-out and broken teeth, severe toothaches and swelling, lost crowns and fillings, gum abscesses, orthodontic mishaps, and injuries from sports or falls: the full urgent spectrum, treated by a team with specialists in the building. The rare situation better served by a hospital, like trauma with suspected jaw fracture or swelling that threatens breathing, gets identified honestly the moment you call, because triage you can trust is part of urgent care too.
Whatever tonight or tomorrow brings, the plan is already in place: call, be guided, be seen, be relieved. Keep 908-486-5252 where you can find it, and consider your emergency plan handled.
Save the number. Skip the panic.
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Emergency help lives in Linden, New Jersey, at 909 N Wood Ave. Save the address with the number.