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Urgent Dental Care When You Need It
When dental pain strikes without warning, every minute counts toward preserving your oral health and ending your discomfort—we provide same-day emergency care with advanced technology and compassionate treatment to restore your smile quickly.
Dental emergencies never happen at convenient times, striking suddenly with intense pain that disrupts your daily life and demands immediate attention. Whether you’re experiencing excruciating tooth pain, have suffered dental trauma, or lost a filling during an important meeting, these urgent situations require prompt professional care to prevent complications and preserve your natural teeth.
At South Hills Dental Arts, we understand that dental emergencies can’t wait for regular business hours. Our McMurray emergency dentistry services combine 35 years of experience with advanced diagnostic technology and same-day treatment options to address your urgent dental needs quickly and effectively. From severe toothaches and broken teeth to lost restorations and dental infections, we provide comprehensive emergency care that eliminates pain while protecting your long-term oral health.
Common Dental Emergencies
Dental emergencies take many forms, but all require prompt professional attention. Severe toothaches often indicate infection or nerve damage that won’t improve without treatment. Broken or chipped teeth expose sensitive inner layers, causing pain and risking further damage. Lost fillings or crowns leave teeth vulnerable to decay and fracture. Dental abscesses can spread infection throughout your body if left untreated.
According to the American Dental Association, keeping knocked-out teeth moist and seeking immediate care dramatically improves the chances of successful reimplantation. Time is critical in many dental emergencies—delays can mean the difference between simple and complex treatment or between saving and losing teeth.
Immediate Pain Relief
When you arrive with dental pain, our first priority is making you comfortable. We use our virtually painless anesthesia system to provide rapid numbing without the discomfort of traditional injections. For severe anxiety, we offer sedation options to help you relax during emergency treatment.
Our diagnostic technology quickly identifies pain sources. Digital X-rays reveal hidden infections, fractures, or decay. Our intraoral cameras show exactly what’s happening, helping you understand your condition and treatment needs. This rapid diagnosis means faster relief and more targeted treatment.
Managing Severe Toothaches
Toothaches rank among the most severe pains people experience. Common causes include deep decay reaching the nerve, cracked teeth allowing bacteria to enter, infections in the tooth or surrounding bone, and damaged fillings exposing sensitive areas. Each cause requires specific treatment for lasting relief.
We don’t just mask pain with medication—we eliminate its source. This might involve removing decay and placing a filling, performing root canal therapy to remove infected tissue, draining abscesses to relieve pressure, or extracting severely damaged teeth when necessary. Our goal is to provide immediate relief while preserving your natural teeth whenever possible.
Treating Dental Trauma
Accidents can happen anytime—sports injuries, falls, car accidents, or even biting hard foods can damage teeth. A quick, appropriate response often determines whether teeth can be saved. We provide comprehensive trauma care, including reimplanting knocked-out teeth, splinting loose teeth, repairing fractured teeth, and treating soft tissue injuries.
For knocked-out permanent teeth, time is critical. If possible, gently rinse the tooth without touching the root and reinsert it into the socket. If that’s not possible, store it in milk or saliva and seek immediate care. We can often successfully reimplant teeth if treatment occurs within an hour of injury.
Emergency Root Canal Therapy
When infection or inflammation affects the tooth nerves, root canal therapy provides relief while saving the tooth. Modern root canal treatment is comfortable and often provides immediate pain relief. Using advanced rotary instruments and electronic apex locators, we remove infected tissue efficiently and thoroughly.
Our same-day crown capability means we can often complete both root canal and crown procedures in one emergency visit. This comprehensive treatment eliminates pain, removes infection, and protects the tooth from future problems. Many patients are surprised by how comfortable modern root canal therapy is compared to their expectations.
Broken and Chipped Teeth
Tooth fractures range from minor chips to severe breaks exposing nerves. Treatment depends on fracture extent and location. Minor chips might only need smoothing or small bonding repairs. Moderate fractures may require fillings or crowns. Severe breaks might need root canal therapy before restoration.
Our CEREC technology enables same-day crown creation for broken teeth. Rather than placing temporary crowns that might fall off or break, we create permanent restorations immediately. This means you leave with your tooth fully restored, eliminating the need for multiple emergency visits.
Dental Infections and Abscesses
Dental infections are serious medical conditions requiring immediate attention. Abscesses can spread to surrounding tissues and even become life-threatening if bacteria enter the bloodstream. Signs include severe pain, facial swelling, fever, difficulty swallowing, and bad taste in the mouth.
Treatment involves draining the infection, removing its source, and prescribing appropriate antibiotics. We might perform root canal therapy to save infected teeth or extract severely infected teeth that can’t be saved. Our comprehensive approach ensures complete infection elimination while preserving as much natural tooth structure as possible.
Lost Restorations
When fillings, crowns, or bridges fall out, teeth become vulnerable to damage and decay. Exposed tooth structure is often sensitive to temperature and pressure. We provide immediate replacement or temporary protection until permanent restoration can be completed.
For lost crowns, we can often re-cement the original if it’s intact and the tooth underneath is healthy. Lost fillings require cleaning out any decay before placing new restorations. Our same-day restoration capability means many replacement procedures.
After-Hours Emergency Care
Dental emergencies don’t follow business hours, which is why we provide guidance for urgent situations outside regular office hours. For severe pain, dental trauma, or signs of serious infection like facial swelling or fever, contact our emergency line immediately for instructions and to arrange urgent care.
We maintain relationships with local emergency facilities and can coordinate care when necessary. Our flexible financing options ensure financial concerns don’t prevent you from receiving essential emergency treatment when you need it most.
Get Emergency Dental Treatment at South Hills Dental Arts
When dental emergencies strike in McMurray, you need a practice with the experience, technology, and compassion to provide immediate relief while preserving your oral health. South Hills Dental Arts has served Pittsburgh communities for 35 years, offering comprehensive emergency dental care with same-day treatments and advanced diagnostic technology. Our team understands that dental emergencies are stressful and painful, which is why we prioritize comfort and rapid treatment to get you back to your normal routine quickly.
Don’t let dental pain control your life or risk complications from delayed treatment. Whether you’re experiencing severe tooth pain, have suffered dental trauma, or need immediate restoration of damaged teeth, we’re here to help. Call 724-395-3995 immediately for emergency dental care, or complete our contact form to schedule urgent treatment and get the relief you need today.
