Would an emergency dentist do anything?

[RockSocks]

Around 2017 one of my top right molars sheared off diagonally from the middle of the tooth to the gum line.
It was filled at the time by an emergency dentist and I have not seen a dentist since then.

The last two days it's been painful, especially if what I am eating sort of pulls at it when I chew so obviously something is going on there and I'm pretty sure it either needs refilling or pulling out.
I would prefer it being pulled as then there is less chance of needing it sorting again, I am not great with dentists.

My problem is I don't have a dentist, I am on multiple NHS waiting lists but no luck in the last 2 years and the average wait I have been told is 4-6 years where I live.

I am limited on how far I can travel as I'm on an island so it reduces my choices as I'd happily drive for an hour or two otherwise.

Financially I can't afford a private dentist, even a dental plan isn't possible right now.

As the tooth is still technically sound just painful will an emergency dentist do anything? Or will i need to put up with it untill it's either infected/filling comes out/shears off again and then go?

They should do, tell them about the pain, and don’t down-play it.

If its painful it's probably not technically sound?

If you are in pain then the emergency dentist should do someone about it yes.

I've had something similar recently - back tooth twinged then split

It twinged for a while but then the pain was absolutely incredible- I'd advise getting this seen immediately because I needed an emergency dentist and would have cancelled a abroad holiday as there was no way I could function.

I certainly wouldn't have been able to drive.

Yes, if you say it's excrutiatingly painful.
No, if you say it's a bit sore but tolerable (they'll just tell you to go to your own-private- dentist.)