Emergency dentist

[GentleSloth]

Is there such a thing as getting an appointment with an emergency dentist? I rang 111 yesterday and they sent me to A&E who refused to treat me

At least one of my (two) local hospitals has an emergency dentist, I had to attend a few years ago and paid £10.90 for an extraction . Anything like that near you?

How would I find out sorry? It’s not anything I’ve heard of before

Our local ICB has an urgent care phone line: https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/urgent-nhs-dental-support-available-all-lancashire-and-south-cumbria

have a Google and see if there is something similar in your area?

I had to use one recently. It was at my local hospital. But I had to ring 111 first and they made the appointment for me. Had to pay the Band A rate.

@Meredusoleil did you have an extraction may I ask? Or did they do something else for you?

@claphamnative doesnt look like we have anything like that near me unfortunately

No. I was in the process of having root canal treatment and the dentist just had a look (not even an X-ray) and said I had an infection. So he prescribed me antibiotics which I collected from the chemist and started straight away. Then I went back to my own dentist 5 days later, when the antibiotics had finished. It was the Easter Bank Holiday weekend!

@Meredusoleil did the antibiotics work for you? I’m on day 4 of amoxicillin and am in agony

Yes they did. But not until about 2 days in tbh.

Did the emergency dentist see you quite quickly (like in a few hours?)

@Meredusoleil did the emergency dentist see you quickly? (Like in a few hours?)

Yes. I rang 111 at like 9am and was seen around 11.30am, I think it was.

@Meredusoleil thank you I will ring 111 shortly and hopefully be seen

To be fair, my cheek was hot and red and slightly swollen, so the signs of infection were already there.

Oh no toothache is awful I couldn't get one at all on the nhs even as urgent I had to go private was worth every penny to be honest to be seen I paid £30 new patient consultation was £100 and treatment which was infection in 3 teeth was £80
I needed further treatment which came to 2 thousand pounds