Emergency Care

What it means when a crown or filling comes loose, what to do in the first hour, what to avoid, and when it needs same-day attention.

An abscess is one of the few dental problems where waiting a few days changes how it goes. A Riverside dentist on the signs, which ones mean the emergency room, and why antibiotics alone do not fix it.

Dry socket usually starts two or three days after an extraction. What raises your risk, what actually prevents it, and when to call your dentist.

A dental emergency almost never happens at a convenient time. It is a Saturday night, or you are an hour from home, or your kid comes off the trampoline holding a tooth in their hand. Most people freeze for a minute, and that is understandable. But the first hour usually matters more than anything that happens afterward, and what you need to do in that hour is simpler than you would think. Here is how I would want you to handle the situations we see most often. A tooth that h