Dental Emergency

It is considered a dental emergency when you have:

• Severe bleeding dental bleeding as a result of an accident
• Dental trauma, broken or lost tooth as a result of an accident
• Severe dental pain (that does not respond to painkillers) and has kept you awake at night time.
• Bleeding from an extracted tooth which won’t stop.
• Sudden and severe swelling around the tooth, gum or mouth. The swelling may or may not be accompanied by a bad taste or bad breath.

An emergency appointment is not considered necessary for:

• A chipped tooth
• A dental crown which has become lose or fallen out
• A dental veneer which has come loose or fall off
• A dental filling which has fallen out
• Denture problems
• Sensitivity
• Bleeding gums
• Bad breathe
• Minor dental problems

If your case does not require an emergency appointment, please call us during office hours and we will do our best to see you as soon as possible.

Please note we are not open on weekends and bank holidays.

Out-of-hours emergency dental service

The NHS service is provided to patients who have a dental emergency (acute dental pain, acute infection, bleeding or trauma). This out-of-hour emergency service CAN NOT treat missing fillings, loose crowns, denture issues or any other minor problem.

If you have an emergency outside the practice opening hours and you are an NHS or Private patient, access to the emergency dental service is by telephone only

Friday after 6pm, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, 24 hrs- Call 333 0063 300 (Appointment’s are between 9am-3.30pm)

Day time Emergency Dental Services

Monday – Friday between 9am-5pm- Call  Plymouth Community Dental Services on 01752 434664

Dental Advice

Dental advice is available via the NHS Call 111 Service

If you are a private practice plan member please call 08007832337

When to head to A&E/Call an ambulance

• Severe swelling which is impacting your breathing
• Severe swelling which is radiating up to your eyes and closing your eye/s
• Severe dental bleeding which is not stopping and causing choking
• Severe dental/head trauma following an injury, accident or assault- Which has induced loss of consciousness, jaw fracture or dislocation , nose dislocation or fracture.