Same-day care for toothache, knocked-out teeth, swelling and broken teeth.
Overview
A dental emergency is anything causing severe pain, bleeding that will not stop, facial swelling, or a tooth that has been knocked out or broken. The common thread is that waiting makes the outcome worse.
Some of these are genuinely time-critical. A knocked-out adult tooth has a real chance of being saved if it is back in the socket within 30 minutes, and a poor one after an hour. Facial swelling that is spreading toward the eye or the floor of the mouth is not a dental problem any more — it is a medical one.
Suitability
If one of these suits you better than dental emergencies, we will say so at your consultation — including when the right answer is to do nothing for now.
Step by step
Ring the branch nearest you or send a WhatsApp. Telling us you are coming means we can prepare, and can advise you on what to do in the meantime.
Genuine emergencies are seen ahead of routine appointments. We assess and get you out of pain first.
The priority is stopping the pain, the bleeding or the infection. That is not always the same as finishing the treatment.
Once the urgency has passed, we treat the underlying cause properly rather than rushing it while you are in distress.
Benefits
Same-day assessment across five hospitals in Hyderabad
The RTC 'X' Roads hospital sits on a major junction and is the easiest to reach quickly
Pain relief prioritised over paperwork
Digital X-rays and CBCT on site, so diagnosis is not delayed
Complex surgical cases can be moved to the flagship Banjara Hills Elite team the same day
After treatment
Who will treat you
MDS · MNDC (New Zealand) · MADC (Australia) · PGDAI (CIIOMFI, France) · Fellow ICOI (USA)
Dr. G. Vijay Srinivas is an Oral & Maxillofacial Pathologist and Implant Dentistry practitioner with more than 35 years of clinical experience, and the founder of AP Superspeciality Dental Hospitals.
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Questions
Act within minutes — this is the one dental emergency where the clock genuinely decides the outcome. Pick the tooth up by the crown, never the root. If it is dirty, rinse it briefly in milk or saline, not water, and do not scrub it. Put it straight back in the socket and bite gently on a cloth. If you cannot reinsert it, keep it in a cup of milk — or in your own saliva against your cheek — and get to us immediately. Never let it dry out. Do NOT reinsert a child's baby tooth: it can damage the adult tooth developing underneath.
Take ordinary painkillers as directed on the packet, apply a cold compress to the outside of the cheek, and sleep with your head propped up — lying flat increases the throbbing. Do not put aspirin directly on the gum; it causes a chemical burn. Do not apply heat to a swollen face. Clove oil may take the edge off briefly but does nothing about the cause.
When swelling spreads to close your eye, when it affects the floor of your mouth, or when you have any difficulty swallowing or breathing. Those are signs of a spreading infection and need a hospital emergency department immediately, not a dental hospital. Also go to hospital for suspected jaw fracture or significant facial trauma. If in doubt, hospital.
No. Antibiotics reduce the swelling and buy time, but the source of the infection is inside the tooth, where the bloodstream cannot deliver them. The abscess will come back — usually worse — unless the tooth is root-treated or removed. Antibiotics alone are not treatment.
We triage genuine emergencies ahead of routine appointments across all five hospitals. Please call or WhatsApp the nearest branch before you set off, so we can prepare for you and advise you on what to do on the way. Walking in without calling means you may wait.
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