Emergency Dental Treatment

EMERGENCY (Situations which increase the patient’s death risk)

·Uncontrolled bleeding. · Cellulitis or diffuse bacterial infections leading to intra-oral or extra-oral edemas, and potential risk of damage to airways · Facial bones trauma, which may damage the patient’s airways.

URGENT (situations which require priority care but do not increase the patient’s death risk)

· Acute dental pain (Pulpitis). · Pericoronitis. · Alveolitis. · Dental or periodental abscesses. · Dental care needed for another critical medical procedure. · Cementation fixed prosthodontics or crowns. · Biopsies. · Adjustments of orthesis and prosthesis that cause pain and compromise chewing function. · Changing intracanal medication. · Removal of extensive dental caries or restorations that cause pain. · Mucositis. · Dental trauma with avulsion or luxation