No dental treatment available

[HopingItsNot]

In my neck of the woods there is zero dental treatment available anywhere. Daughter has cracked her tooth, lost big chunk of it and nerve exposed, in a lot of pain. No treatment available anywhere "until nationwide crisis is over". So look after your teeth especially well at the moment, as you don't want to end up in pain that can't be fixed.

OMG that is awful HopingitsNot. 😱

Surely someone has to help on your dd.

I would try posting for any dentists around. I know there are a few who are Mnetters - Forgotten, Noarmaninopunani and MrsMorton definitely are - and ask their advice. Your poor DD must be in agony!

That should read "Help your dd" 🙄

Could you travel?

I know where I live (a small city in England)
The dentists are open for emergencies only.
I know this as my own practice emailed to say so.

We could travel, but can't find anywhere. The advice was to fill the hole with babybel wax (I'm not joking). We have done that and she seems slightly better, but it can't be good to have a nerve exposed like that long term. We have a huge dental hospital here (major city) but they won't see her either. Quite shocking really.

DenTek Temparin Filling Material Single Item would something like this help a bit?

Is there an emergency number they suggest?

I saw another thread like this so was aware that many practices are closed even for emergency work- there were suggestions for clove oil to help with the pain.

We've been through all the emergency numbers, NHS etc.. They just keep passing the buck to each other and saying there is nothing they can do. We did buy one of those kits, but she was in too much pain to use it last night, plus it says on the pack that you MUST see a dentist within 48 hours of using it, and there is no chance of that.. So reluctant to use.

Dentists local to me have posted on community fb pages saying they’ll give advice to you over the phone in emergencies but they’re not seeing anyone at all for any reason. DH has a loose filling which was going to be replaced but they cancelled his appt and can’t say when he might get another. He’s paranoid about eating anything now for fear of knocking it out.

They are supposed to be setting up emergency dental clinics where staff have use of high end protective gear. As far as I know they are not actually set up yet though. I was supposed to have two very broken teeth removed under sedation on 16th March which got postponed and now is cancelled indefinitely. It’s awful but apparently dental treatment is very high risk for spreading the virus.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3862799-Can-anyone-tell-me-why-dentists-are-being-so-protected?pg=3

This was thread I saw - it may have some more pain relief ideas but it does look like it's a widespread problem.

@forgotten2020
@noarmaninopinani
@Mrsmorton

Hope you don’t mind I’ve tagged them and feel free to ignore guys if you’ve given the info elsewhere.

Our governing bodies have stopped us doing any dental work in the usual way
There should be a dental hub local to you where you can get seen
Our patients are being triaged by phone by their dentist and those who need it are being sent to the hub by their dentist

It sucks it really does. But it’s been decided that ‘normal’ dentistry is too risky to staff and patients

The issue with dental work is that water flush creates a fine aerosol spray of water and saliva which can travel quite far. I had a crown gutted recently without the water flush , in order to minimise the spray, but it wasn’t very comfortable.

@Heatherjayne1972

We have a large teaching hospital - they usually take out of hours emergencies etc.. They won't help and say dentist is liable.. Dentist says they can't help as won't see anyone.. Been through NHS process everything.. No one will help or suggest anywhere else to go. Only babybel can help, apparently.

*dentist says they won't help and to contact dental hospital.. Who send us back to dentist etc etc.

My dentist is only doing telephone consultations, I'm in absolute agony.
Think I've got an infection under a crown, he's given me two lots of antibiotics.

I'm maxed out on ibuprofen and paracetamol, nightmare.

I had a hygienist appt on the 18th, which I cancelled myself due to cold symptoms, but when I tried to reschedule they said they can’t currently do any treatment involving water (which is pretty much everything apart from check-ups?)

Working inside somebody’s mouth, with a nurse adjacent, when you’re supposed to keep 2m away from everybody, just isn’t possible, is it.

Much sympathy to all with current dental problems (been there)

I've had a mare this morning trying to get antibiotics for a abscess.
Docs wont give some as its dental (although they have before) had to get DH to take pics of my ugly mush/gums to send to dentist and then had to wait over four hours for the dentist to look at them and send the prescription to the pharmacy, i just hope they bloody work quick

Where are you based @HopingItsNot?
Maybe one of us knows somewhere.

Midlothian.

If you can get hold of it, clove oil soaked in the smallest piece of cotton wool over the cavity.

Or crush some cloves and apply with cotton wool and leave it there.

Or clove powder.

I've posted it on UK Coronavirus dentist Facebook page. I trust the other dentists on here not to out me...

St Johns might be the answer apparently. Hopefully you know what that is.

We have the same problem - teen I'm fostering has a cracked tooth, had been booked in for root treatment but that was canceled and now the pain is getting worse. Were prescribed penicillin in error (she's allergic) so now we have to source an alternative prescription.

Further info, your dentist needs to call the on call max fac team, they're open til 9pm.

I’ve got a wisdom tooth right at the very back which has been causing me pain since January, I’ve been referred to a dental hospital to have it removed but heaven knows now when that’ll be... and I’m breastfeeding so paracetamol is the only thing I can take for the pain not exactly easy to get hold of at the moment!