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health advisory Hospital Dentists Yu 2007-11-11 18:18:39

Good luck!

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Because dental issues are not emergencies, even though it's so pain-full, the pain reaches a peak and then goes away after the tooth dies. The person lives and then gets to wait the rest of the day in the office unless another patient does not show up for a scheduled appointment.

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Other comments are right - if your family has been seen regularly at a dentist, he or she will come in to help you, or at the very least have a colleague who would cover.

There are some people who avoid regular medical and dental care. These are often the ones who needs help for "emergency" situations which might not have become urgent if they sought routine care. Then, they are surprised when they can't get in to see a provider because no one knows them....Of course, I am not speaking of your husband.

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Emergency rooms are for providing critical care of the sick and injured. Dental work is not critical, it can feel like it...Oh boy can it. But it is not a matter of life and death or even a matter of life and limb. There are some 24 dental facilities they have on call dentist but they are not cheap. Take a look in the phone book for emergency dental care. But the best option is to get it taken care of early, before the pain starts.

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I'm a dentist.

The answer to your question is not a simple one.

We in the dental profession know very well that physicians who take emergency call and treat emergency cases run the risk of performing a lot of costly work without getting paid one cent for it. And on top of that, they can STILL get sued by these penniless patients (who are actually more likely to sue than the patients who pay for the doctor's services). We see this scenario, and we want no part of it! Dentistry has done a very good job of resisting the healthcare "system" where uninsured patients get treated for free in emergency rooms at the hospital's expense and the doctor's expense.