re: Is there such thing as an emergency dentist?

Yea man. Don’t frick around w tooth pain.
When I was young and didn’t have insurance I ignored an ever-worsening tooth. It was manageable but got worse and worse as time went on. Finally woke up one morning, on a weekend of course, in debilitating pain. Couldn’t get to a dentist for a couple days. It was miserable

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and in full disclosure, she told me it might need one but she wanted to try and avoid it.

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Uh, bruh, you know the rules here.

The thing that sucks for dentists is that 99% of emergencies we end up having to see aren’t really “emergencies” - they are problems patients knew about but neglected until it became an “emergency”. That being said, I’ve been in my office doing a root canal/post buildup/temporary crown at midnight on Christmas eve so a patient didn’t have to be seen without a front tooth on Christmas day. For good patients and real emergencies, I’d do just about anything necessary. For some other “emergencies,” I’d call something in for you and you can wait til Monday. I’m so glad I’m retired.

Yes, most dentists see emergency patients.

The current dentist I use is solely bc they saved me from the worst pain in my life a few yrs ago on an emergency basis. Took me at like 4 pm, stayed til abt 8 working to get me to a position I could tolerate. Finished up a few days later. Never will leave them bc that pain was like a screwdriver through a brain.

Not saying it’s a good idea, but you can buy antibiotics from
A vet supply for emergencies like this. Sometimes it’s good to have them in the cabinet before something like this happens.

Just sayin…

I am on 875 mg amoxicillin for a tooth I got pulled in Tuesday.

They're called "street pharmacists"

First of all, thanks so much to all of you for your advice, especially the dentists in this thread.

I got the crown put on about a month and a half ago. The next 4 or 5 days I was in excruciating pain, taking 4 ibuprofen every 4-6 hours and staggering it with Tylenol. It eventually "healed", with the final bits of pain subsiding in the soft tissue under my jaw... until yesterday's surprise. I don't know if it's infected but I seriously question whether this dentist knows wtf she's doing. Assuming you were the dentist performing the job, would you have gone straight for the RC before capping it? Did you ever have a patient experience pain like this weeks/months after the procedure?

I'm wondering if I should find a new dentist or go straight to an endodontist or something like that.