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Dental Emergency
Aka: Dental Emergency, Acute Dental Conditions, Dental Trauma
- See Also
- Emergency Dental Kit
- Dental Infection
- Dental Pain
- Ludwig Angina
- Epidemiology
- Dental visits account for 3 million ED visits in the U.S. per year (40% are uninsured, 30% Medicaid)
- Most visits are for temporizing measures until definitive dental care can be obtained
- Hong (2011) Public Health Rep 126(2): 210-9 [PubMed]
- Causes: Emergency Dental Visits
- Dental Infection
- Apical Periodontitis or Apical Abscess
- Periodontal Cellulitis
- Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis
- Life-threatening Dental Infection complications
- Ludwig Angina
- Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
- Dental Pain
- Dental Caries (reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis)
- Pericoronitis (associated with wisdom Tooth Eruption)
- Atypical Odontalgia (idiopathic Tooth Pain)
- Dental Trauma
- Tooth Fracture
- Tooth Luxation
- Tooth Avulsion
- Post-surgical (e.g. after root canal or extraction)
- Cracked tooth (or split root syndrome)
- Barodentalgia (air trapped under filling)
- Form of Barotrauma seen in scuba divers
- Causes: Other orofacial conditions
- Jaw Disorders
- Temperomandibular Joint Dysfunction
- Temporomandibular Articular Disc Displacement
- Jaw Dislocation
- Salivary Gland disorders
- Sialoadenitis
- Sialolithiasis
- Oropharynx disorders
- Pharyngitis
- Tonsillitis
- Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Peritonsillar Abscess
- Retropharyngeal Abscess
- Procedures
- Dental Incision and Drainage
- Inferior Alveolar Block
- Periapical Block (Supraperiosteal Dental Anesthesia)
- Dental Splint
- Resources
- The Dental Box Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqoiEyRGhGjr7eOL0ii-CA
- References
- Broderick and Deak (2015) Crit Dec Emerg Med 29(1): 2-8