Emergency Dental Services in Fairfield & Norwalk, CT

At Kids First Dentistry, we do our very best to accommodate same-day appointments for dental emergencies. We can almost always provide the emergency care you need when you need it.

A dental emergency is any dental issue that requires immediate care. This can include a severe toothache, cracked or knocked-out tooth, swelling of your face and jaw, a broken crown, or even a busted lip or deep cut. In other words, any problem in your mouth that can’t wait another day, from bleeding that won’t stop to pain that won’t go away, is a dental emergency.

You’ll need to act fast. Hold the tooth by the white top (known as the crown), not the roots. Whatever you do, don’t rub the tooth or scrape it, don’t wrap it in tissue or cloth, and don’t rinse it with water. That can damage it. If you see dirt or other materials on it, rinse it with cow’s milk or your own saliva. Then try to put your tooth back into the socket. If it doesn’t go all the way into the socket, bite down slowly and gently onto a gauze, napkin, or damp paper towel to keep it in place, or put it in a small container of cow’s milk or a cup of water with a pinch of table salt. Then head to one of our Kids First Dentistry offices right away and we’ll take it from there.

While the dentists at Kids First Dentistry can handle most dental emergencies, there are certain situations where going to the ER is advised. This includes more serious injuries, such as fractured or dislocated jaws, facial swelling that’s spreading to other parts of the body or making it hard to breathe or swallow, profuse bleeding that won’t stop, or a high fever accompanied by severe dental pain.