When you experience toothache or any other sort of dental related pain, all you want is someone to help! At Cherry Dental we understand that emergencies require urgent help. Our wish is to help as many patients as possible but sometimes there can be a waiting list for the more desirable slots such as late evenings and weekends. We have a last-minute cancellation list for those slots. Please let us know if you would like to be placed on that.
If you have a dental emergency, please telephone the practice as soon as possible and we arrange an appointment with one of our dentists. We have a dedicated slot each day only for emergency appointments, on a first come – first served basis. Please call early in the morning to increase chances of being seen that day.
We offer all our patients emergency and interim treatment options for getting them out of pain.
The aim of the emergency treatment is to stabilise toothache and immediate problems and as such treatments do not take into account aesthetics, therefore mismatches to the natural tooth colour may occur.
Once pain is stabilised, it is recommended that you return for a full dental check-up for a full assessment of the whole mouth and the creation of a treatment plan to stabilise any disease, restore function and restore aesthetics. Treatment plans are valid for 90 days.
Cherry Dental
93 Robin Hood Way, London, SW15 3QE
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Please note that although we close at different times each day, you are welcome to try and call our friendly reception outside of hours. If we are unavailable, please leave a message and we will return you call at our earliest convenience. We have a dedicated mobile to call out-of-hours telephone 07923972956
Any dental emergency can be potentially serious and should not be ignored. Avoiding a dental problem, like an injury to the teeth or gums, can increase the risk of permanent damage as well as the need for more extensive and expensive treatment later.
Below you will find some common dental problems and a summary of advice for what you should do. In all cases, please book an emergency appointment or contact us as quickly as possible.
First, try and contact your dentist immediately to arrange an appointment.
In the meantime, you can thoroughly rinse your mouth with warm water. Use dental floss to remove any lodged food. Apply a cold compress to the outside of your mouth or cheek if your mouth is swollen. Never put aspirin or any other painkiller against the gums near the aching tooth because it may burn the gum tissue.
First, try and contact your dentist immediately to arrange an appointment.
In the meantime, you can rinse your mouth with warm water together with any broken pieces. If there's bleeding, apply a piece of gauze to the area until the bleeding stops this can take around 10 minutes. Apply a cold compress to the outside of the mouth, cheek, or lip near the broken/chipped tooth to keep any swelling down and relieve pain.
Teeth that have fallen out have the highest chances of being saved when seen by a dentist and returned to their socket within 1 hour of being lost.
In order to save your tooth you must retrieve the tooth, hold it by the crown (the part that is usually exposed in the mouth) and rinse off the tooth root with water. Do not scrub it or remove any attached tissue fragments.
If possible, try to put the tooth back in place. Make sure it's facing the right way. Never force it into the socket. If it's not possible to reinsert the tooth in the socket, put the tooth in a small container of milk (or cup of water that contains a pinch of table salt) or a product such as Save-a-Tooth.
Contact us immediately. Until you can get to the Practice, to relieve pain, apply a cold compress to the outside of the mouth or cheek in the affected area. Take over-the-counter pain relief if needed.
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Contact us immediately for a lost filling before any bacteria sets into the open area.
If a crown de-cements, make an appointment to see us as soon as possible and bring the crown with you. If you are unable to get to us right away and the tooth is causing pain, please call the practice for some advice.
As a temporary measure, you can use an over-the-counter dental cement available from most good pharmacies.
Do not use super glue!
First, try and contact your dentist immediately to arrange an appointment.
Abscesses are infections that occur between the teeth and gums or around the root of a tooth. Abscesses are a serious condition that can damage your tissue and surrounding teeth, with the infection possibly spreading to other parts of the body if left untreated. Because of the serious oral health and general health problems that can result from an abscess, please contact us as soon as possible if you discover a pimple-like swelling on your gum that usually is painful.
To ease the pain and draw the pus toward the surface, try rinsing your mouth with a mild salt water solution (1/2 teaspoon of table salt in 8 ounces of water) several times a day.
First, try and contact your dentist immediately to arrange an appointment.
In the meantime, you can control the bleeding by rinsing the area with a warm salt-water solution.
Use a wet piece of gauze or tea bag to apply pressure to the bleeding site. Hold for 15 to 20 minutes.
To both control the bleeding and relieve any pain, hold a cold compress to the outside of the mouth or cheek in the affected area for 5 to 10 minutes.
If the bleeding will not stop, and you cannot contact us, go to a hospital emergency department. Continue to apply pressure on the bleeding site with the gauze until you can be seen and treated.
