At Kansas City Urgent Dental, many patients call the office who aren’t sure if their dental condition is considered an “emergency,” and so they ask us when they call whether or not they need to be seen immediately by a dentist, or whether they can wait a few days to get into their normal dentist.  One such emergency is what we call in the profession, pericoronitis, an infection of the gum tissue surrounding a wisdom tooth that is in the process of erupting into the mouth, or

A tooth infection typically develops when harmful bacteria enter the inner layers of the tooth through:

Studies show that dentists frequently over-prescribe antibiotics

a tooth infection can also be detrimental to other areas of your body and your body as a whole

When it comes to dental emergencies, it’s important to have a dentist address the problem as quickly as possible.

 Dental infections can get real in a hurry, resulting in the need for hospitalization, severe illness and in rare circumstances, death

For most people, a tooth extraction at a Kansas City Emergency Dentist is a fairly quick and slightly uncomfortable procedure.