Emergency Dentist in Murrieta — We Answer When You Need Us Most

A dental emergency is any mouth problem that needs treatment now rather than at your next checkup: to stop severe pain, control bleeding, save a tooth, or stop an infection from spreading. The ones I see most often in Murrieta are throbbing toothaches that wake people at night, abscesses with facial swelling or fever, knocked-out or shoved-loose teeth, fractures deep enough to expose the nerve, and crowns or fillings that come off a tooth that is already sore. If you cannot tell which category you are in, call Promenade Dental Care at (951) 412-0127 and describe it. The line is answered 24 hours a day, and we will tell you whether this is a tonight problem or a Tuesday problem.

Usually the same day, if you call in the morning. I keep appointment time open every business day at Promenade Dental Care specifically for emergencies, and those slots go first thing, so calling before 10 a.m. gives you the best odds of being seen that afternoon. Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Wednesday and Friday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Saturday is by appointment & emergencies, and Sunday we are closed. The phone at (951) 412-0127 is answered 24 hours a day, so you can get instructions and a place in the schedule before the office opens.

The phone line at Promenade Dental Care, (951) 412-0127, is answered 24 hours a day, including nights, weekends and holidays. Nobody in Murrieta is drilling teeth at 3 a.m., and any office that implies otherwise is stretching it. What you get overnight is a person who will walk you through what to do at home, tell you plainly whether this needs an emergency room instead of a dentist, and put you in the first opening of the day. For most dental emergencies, that combination is what protects the tooth until I can treat it.

You have about 60 minutes, so move. Pick the tooth up by the crown, the white part you chew with, and do not touch the root. Do not scrub it, and do not use soap or alcohol. If it is dirty, rinse it under cool water for no more than 10 seconds. Then keep it wet: the best place is back in the socket, second best is between your cheek and gum, third best is a cup of cold milk. Plain water is a last resort because it damages the root cells. Call (951) 412-0127 while somebody else drives you to 26957 Date St, Suite B4. Re-implantation success falls off sharply after the first hour and keeps falling after that.

It can become one, which is why I do not let abscesses wait. An abscess is a walled-off pocket of infection at the root tip or in the gum, and it can drain into the tissue spaces of the jaw and neck. In rare cases it narrows the airway. Go to an emergency room or call 911 if swelling is spreading toward your eye, jaw or neck, if you have a fever along with the tooth pain, or if swallowing, breathing or opening your mouth is getting harder. Then call (951) 412-0127, because a hospital can treat the infection but cannot treat the tooth that caused it. An abscess that seems to quiet down on its own has not healed. The nerve inside has died and the bacteria are still there.

It depends on how deep the break goes, and that is what the exam and the digital X-ray tell me. A chip in the enamel may only need smoothing or a bonded repair. A break into the dentin usually needs a crown so the rest of the tooth does not split. A fracture that reaches the nerve is a same-day problem and often needs a root canal before the crown goes on. At Promenade Dental Care I mill CEREC crowns in the office, so most broken back teeth are rebuilt permanently in one visit, with no temporary and no second appointment. Until you are seen, chew on the other side and keep hot, cold and sweet away from the broken edge. Call (951) 412-0127 for the first opening.

Yes. I use CEREC CAD/CAM at Promenade Dental Care to scan, design and mill a permanent porcelain crown in the office while you wait, and emergency visits are included. That matters more than it sounds, because a temporary crown is the part that comes loose in a restaurant three days later. If your emergency is a broken tooth that needs crown coverage, or a crown that fell off and can no longer be re-cemented, call (951) 412-0127 and ask for a same-day CEREC appointment. Not every case qualifies, but most single broken teeth do.

There is no emergency surcharge and no after-hours fee at Promenade Dental Care. An emergency exam with digital X-rays is $20 for new patients, the same price any new patient pays. Past that, the cost depends on what the X-ray shows, and you get the number before I pick up an instrument rather than after. We are in-network with all major PPO dental plans, including Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, MetLife, Guardian, Aetna and United Concordia, and my team runs your benefits and gives you an out-of-pocket figure first. If you have no insurance, CareCredit financing with interest-free options covers the larger repairs. Call (951) 412-0127 and describe the problem for a realistic estimate.

For most healthy adults, ibuprofen taken with food does more for dental pain than acetaminophen, because most dental pain is inflammation. Follow the label, and skip it if your physician has told you to avoid it. You can alternate acetaminophen with it for breakthrough pain. Never hold an aspirin against the gum, because it burns the tissue and does nothing to the tooth. Use a cold pack on the outside of the cheek, 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off, and never put heat on a suspected infection, because heat helps the bacteria. A warm saltwater rinse, a teaspoon in a cup of water, keeps the area clean. None of this treats the cause. If swelling spreads, a fever starts, or swallowing gets hard, call (951) 412-0127 at whatever hour it is.

Yes, we treat emergencies at every age, and children are handled differently from adults. A knocked-out baby tooth is not put back in, because forcing it into the socket can damage the permanent tooth developing underneath. With a baby tooth the priority is bleeding control, comfort, and checking the tooth above it for damage. A knocked-out permanent tooth in an older child is the 60-minute emergency, and it should go back in as fast as possible. Call (951) 412-0127, tell us the child’s age and which tooth it was, and we will tell you exactly what to do while you drive over.

Go to a hospital emergency room for anything that has stopped being a tooth problem: swelling spreading toward the eye, jaw or neck, trouble breathing or swallowing, a fever with tooth pain, bleeding you cannot control, or a suspected broken jaw. For everything else a dentist is faster and cheaper. Emergency departments are not set up to do root canals, extractions or crowns. They give you antibiotics and pain medication and refer you to a dentist anyway, which costs you a night and a large bill. If you are not sure which one you need, call (951) 412-0127 and describe the symptoms. We will tell you honestly, including when the answer is the hospital.

Promenade Dental Care is at 26957 Date St, Suite B4, Murrieta, CA 92563, near Winchester Road and Murrieta Hot Springs Road. From I-15, take exit 61 for Winchester Road, CA-79, go east about a mile, turn left on Delhaven, then left on Date Street. From Temecula, take Winchester Road northwest about three miles and turn right on Delhaven. Parking is free and the lot sits directly in front of Suite B4. Most of Murrieta, Temecula and Menifee is a 5 to 15 minute drive. Call (951) 412-0127 before you leave so we are set up when you walk in, and if the pain is bad enough to distract you, have someone else drive.