Call us first. We'll fit you in.
Cracked tooth, knocked-out tooth, sudden pain, lost crown, abscess. Call before nine and we'll almost always find you a slot before lunch. We'd rather stay late than send you to a stranger.
Treatments under Emergency.
The kinds of things that don't wait until next week.
Same-day appointments
Reserved slots every weekday for emergencies. Call before 9am for the best chance.
Broken or chipped teeth
Often fixable same-day with bonding or a temporary crown until a permanent solution.
Knocked-out teeth
Time-sensitive — call us immediately. Sometimes the original tooth can be re-implanted within an hour.
Severe pain
Diagnosis first (often it's an abscess or cracked root), then immediate relief. We don't send you home in pain.
Lost crowns or fillings
Usually a quick re-cement or temporary patch the same day.
Abscesses
Antibiotics first if needed, then root canal or extraction depending on the tooth.
What to do when something goes wrong.
Call us as early in the day as you can — even before we open. Voicemails left before 8am are checked at 8am. Once we hear from you, the front desk gets a clear picture (what hurts, when it started, what you can or can't do) and finds a slot. For most weekday emergencies, that means same-day. For weekend emergencies, we'll either fit you in Saturday morning or, if it's truly out-of-hours, walk you through what to do until Monday.
When you get here, we don't make you wait. Emergency patients go straight back. We take whatever imaging we need, get you out of pain first, then talk through next steps. Some emergencies are one-visit fixes; others need a follow-up appointment for the permanent solution. Either way, you'll leave knowing what's next.
Call
As early as possible. Describe what happened, what hurts.
Come in
Same-day slot found. Don't wait, don't try to drive through pain.
Relief first
Diagnosis and immediate pain relief before anything else.
Plan the rest
Permanent fix scheduled. Sometimes same visit, sometimes next.
Whenever you call, the voice you hear knows your family. We won't send your child — or you — to a stranger.
Dr. Priya Patel
Restorative & Implants
A craftsperson — implants and crowns built to last decades, not years.
Dr. Sarah Chen
Founder · General & Cosmetic
Opened Northgate in 2014. Believes most "scary" dentistry is really a conversation problem.
Dr. Marcus Rivera
Orthodontics & Pediatric
The reason kids ask when they can come back. Specialises in braces, aligners, and gentle first visits.
Common questions about dental emergencies.
Severe or worsening pain, swelling around a tooth or jaw, a knocked-out or seriously broken tooth, or any bleeding that doesn't stop. If you're unsure — call. The front desk can usually tell you in a minute whether you need to come in today or whether it can wait.
Find the tooth, hold it by the crown (not the root), rinse it gently with milk or saline if it's dirty, and try to put it back in the socket. If you can't, keep it in milk or saliva and call us immediately. Re-implantation works best within the first hour.
The exam itself is roughly the same. The treatment varies based on what's needed — a re-cementing of a crown is small, a same-day root canal is more. We give you costs before we start unless you're in too much pain to discuss it, in which case we get you out of pain first.
Not routinely — but call anyway. Saturday emergencies we usually fit in. Sunday and after-hours emergencies get a callback with what to do until we open Monday.
Yes. We'll register you as a new patient at the same time. About a quarter of our new-patient registrations start as emergency visits.
Ready for your next visit?
New patients welcome.