Emergency Dentist In West Perth

No. Please phone us on (08) 9321 6398. Online requests aren’t monitored as an emergency service, and a request doesn’t confirm a time. A call lets us hear what happened and find the earliest available time.

Call us Monday–Friday 8:00am–8:00pm. We see patients by appointment only. When you call, tell us what happened, when it started, whether there’s swelling and what medicines you take. Blood thinners, diabetes, pregnancy and allergies all change how we treat you, even in a hurry. Leave a number we can reach you on.

Some problems can’t wait for a dental appointment. Trouble breathing or swallowing, a lot of blood going down your throat, or severe swelling of the mouth or tongue means 000 or the nearest hospital emergency department (healthdirect, dental injury). Swelling with a fever also needs prompt attention. If your symptoms get worse while you wait, don’t hold out for a call back. Seek medical help.

• healthdirect (Australian Government). Dental injury

Pick the tooth up by the crown, the white part you normally see, never by the root, and phone us at once. If it’s dirty, give it a quick rinse in milk or saline, then keep it in milk so it doesn’t dry out. healthdirect advises aiming to reach a dentist or hospital within 30 minutes, and says it may still be possible to save the tooth up to 2 hours after the injury (healthdirect, dental injury).

Only an adult tooth is put back. For a baby tooth, healthdirect says don’t try to put it back in. Rinse the child’s mouth with salt water, use ice if there’s swelling and see a dentist.

Time matters, so call straight away. We’ll find the earliest available time and tell you whether you need medical care first. A serious facial injury, heavy bleeding or trouble breathing or swallowing means 000 or an emergency department. We can’t promise that a knocked-out tooth will be saved, because that depends on how long it was out and how it was kept. After the first visit, we plan any follow-up with you.

• healthdirect (Australian Government). Dental injury

Not always. The first visit usually focuses on easing the pain and protecting the tooth, and finishing the repair may take more appointments. What’s possible on the day depends on what’s wrong, the time available and what the dentist finds on examination.

The usual order: we hear what happened, examine the tooth and take X-rays only if there’s a clinical reason. The dentist then eases the pain if possible and talks you through options and fees. Follow-up visits to finish the repair are booked with you. A broken tooth might get a temporary repair now and a filling or crown later.

Fees for the visit are explained before treatment, and we can claim eligible items through HICAPS with participating funds on the day. If the plan needs several visits, you’ll hear the stages and costs up front. If pain, swelling or a fever gets worse between visits, phone us again, and call 000 for trouble breathing or swallowing. Ask us if you’d like to know what to expect before you come.

Bring a list of your medicines, details of any allergies and health conditions, and any recent dental records or X-rays you have. If you have a sleep study or allergy test result, bring that too. Your health fund card is for claiming, and you can ask about fees before you agree to anything.

The medicines list matters most in an emergency, because blood thinners, diabetes medicines and some others change how we treat you, and so do pregnancy and allergies. If a tooth or crown has broken, bring any pieces in a small container. For a knocked-out adult tooth, bring it in milk, held by the crown (healthdirect, dental injury).

What happens next is the same as at any visit. You tell us what happened, we examine, explain what we found in plain words, and you choose. You can ask for breaks, agree a signal to pause or have each step explained before it starts. If you can’t bring everything, come anyway, because pain shouldn’t wait for paperwork. Our patient information page lists what to bring to a first visit.

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If someone’s life is at risk, call 000. Trouble breathing or swallowing, heavy bleeding that won’t stop, or swelling that is spreading fast means 000 or the nearest hospital emergency department. Outside our hours, which are Monday–Friday 8:00am–8:00pm, healthdirect gives health advice on 1800 022 222.

For a toothache or a broken tooth at night or on a weekend, note when it started and what makes it worse, keep any pieces and avoid chewing on that side. Phone us when we open and we’ll hear what happened and find the earliest available time. Online requests aren’t monitored as an emergency service, so please phone rather than use the form.

A knocked-out adult tooth can’t wait for the morning. Hold it by the crown, keep it in milk and get to a dentist or hospital as soon as you can, because healthdirect advises aiming for within 30 minutes (healthdirect, dental injury). Swelling with a fever also needs prompt medical attention. We can’t diagnose over the phone, but we’ll tell you whether it can wait for an appointment or needs medical care first.

• healthdirect (Australian Government). Dental injury

No. Antibiotics alone aren’t enough to treat a tooth abscess. healthdirect’s tooth abscess page says treatment may include draining the pus and repairing or removing the affected tooth, with antibiotics and pain relief alongside. The infection starts in the tooth or gum, so the cause has to be treated by a dentist.

healthdirect also says a tooth abscess will not go away on its own. Phone us as soon as you suspect one. Toothache with swelling or a fever needs prompt attention. Your dentist examines the tooth, may take an X-ray and explains the options, which can include root canal treatment or removing the tooth (healthdirect, root canal treatment).

Don’t wait. healthdirect warns that an untreated abscess can spread, and swelling in your neck or mouth that could block your airway, or trouble breathing, needs 000 or an emergency department. If a doctor or pharmacist gives you antibiotics, still book the dental visit, because the antibiotics don’t remove the cause. We’ll explain the options and costs before anything is done.

• healthdirect (Australian Government). Root canal treatment

No. A Cochrane review found insufficient evidence on whether healthy wisdom teeth without symptoms should come out (Ghaeminia et al., 2020). We usually watch them and suggest removal when there’s a clinical reason, such as repeated infection, decay or pain that keeps coming back.

If a wisdom tooth starts to hurt or swell, phone us. An infection around a tooth needs treatment from a dentist, because antibiotics alone aren’t enough to treat a tooth abscess (healthdirect, tooth abscess). Your dentist examines the area, may take an X-ray and explains the choices, including watching, treating or removing the tooth, with the risks of each.

The cost depends on how the tooth sits, whether it is impacted and whether sedation or a general anaesthetic is needed, so we can’t give a figure here. Ask us whether your treatment would be done here or by referral to an oral surgeon, and for an itemised quote. Medicare doesn’t cover most dental services, so ask your fund about waiting periods, annual limits and what you’d have left to pay. Costs for every other treatment are explained before it starts, across all our services.

• Ghaeminia H, et al. Surgical removal versus retention for the management of asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020. PubMed 32368796
• healthdirect (Australian Government). Root canal treatment