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# Dental emergencies and trauma

Toothache, abscesses and infections that threaten the airway, the knocked-out tooth, fractures, bleeding after extraction, dry socket, pericoronitis, jaw dislocation and medical emergencies in the dental chair.

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## Emergency

- [**Bleeding after a tooth extraction** Most bleeding after an extraction stops with firm pressure on gauze](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/bleeding-after-a-tooth-extraction/)
- [**Broken and displaced teeth: fractures and luxations** A broken tooth that shows pink or bleeds has an exposed nerve and needs a dentist today](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/broken-and-displaced-teeth-fractures-and-luxations/)
- [**Dry socket (alveolar osteitis)** Severe pain two to four days after an extraction (most often day three or four) with an empty…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/dry-socket/)
- [**Facial swelling from a tooth: when it is dangerous** A swollen face from a dental abscess usually needs a dentist and sometimes antibiotics](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/facial-swelling-from-a-tooth-when-it-is-dangerous/)
- [**Jaw dislocation: the mouth stuck open** After a big yawn or a long dental visit the jaw can lock open with the condyles in front of the…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/jaw-dislocation-the-mouth-stuck-open/)
- [**Knocked-out tooth: replant within minutes** A knocked-out permanent tooth has the best chance if it is put back in its socket at once](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/knocked-out-tooth-replant-within-minutes/)
- [**Ludwig angina: airway first** A rapidly spreading, woody infection of both sides of the floor of the mouth, usually from a…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/ludwig-angina-airway-first/)
- [**Medical emergencies in the dental chair** Fainting is by far the commonest](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/medical-emergencies-in-the-dental-chair/)
- [**Pericoronitis and the wisdom tooth** Inflammation of the gum flap over a partly erupted lower wisdom tooth](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/pericoronitis-and-the-wisdom-tooth/)

## Approach to a complaint

- [**Toothache: approach** Most toothache is from caries reaching the pulp](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/toothache-approach/)

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Educational content; it does not replace assessment by a dentist or doctor and is not a clinical instruction. For facial or neck swelling with difficulty swallowing or breathing, a knocked-out tooth or bleeding that will not stop, go to an emergency department at once.

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