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A hospital can make you safe. Only a dentist can fix the tooth.
Open 7 days, 8:00am–5:00pm · by appointment · call 24/7 to book
Go to the emergency room for anything affecting your breathing, swallowing or consciousness, for swelling spreading toward the eye or neck, for bleeding that will not stop, or for a facial injury. Go to a dentist for everything else. The important thing to understand: an ER can give you antibiotics and pain relief, but hospitals are not staffed to treat the tooth. Most people who go to an ER with toothache are sent home with a prescription and told to see a dentist — so they pay for the visit and still need the appointment.
If any of these apply, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911. That is a hospital problem, not a dental one.
Almost never. Most hospital emergency departments are not equipped or staffed for dental extractions. The usual outcome is antibiotics, pain relief and a referral to a dentist — which is why going to a dentist first, when it is safe to, saves both time and money.
It is worth it if you cannot breathe or swallow properly, if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, or if you have a fever with facial swelling. For pain alone, a dentist is the faster route to actually fixing it.
We are open 7 days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays, from 8:00am to 5:00pm, by appointment. Our phone is answered 24/7, so you can call (559) 616-7629 tonight and book the earliest time the next morning. If it cannot wait until morning, ask about an after-hours visit: the dentist and an assistant come in specially, so an additional after-hours fee applies, and we tell you the cost on the phone before you leave home. We do not take walk-ins. Until then, use the self-care steps above to get through the night, and go to the emergency room instead if any of the red flags below apply.