Emergency Dentist in Anchorage, AK

A dental emergency is a sudden oral health issue requiring immediate professional attention to prevent serious complications such as severe pain, swelling, bleeding, or trauma to the teeth or jaw.

When it comes to dental emergencies, Family First Dentistry can relieve your dental pain and worry any time of day. We provide after-hours dental care for any dental emergency.

What Counts as a Dental Emergency

Call us for severe or worsening tooth pain, a knocked-out or loosened permanent tooth, a cracked or broken tooth, swelling in the face or gums, an abscess, bleeding that will not stop, or a lost crown or filling that has left the tooth sharp and sensitive. Injuries to the jaw and cuts to the lips, cheeks, or tongue also need to be seen. If you are not sure whether your situation qualifies, call anyway and let us help you sort it out.

What to Do Before You Get Here

For a knocked-out permanent tooth, pick it up by the crown rather than the root, rinse it gently if it is dirty, and keep it moist in milk or your own saliva on the way in. Time matters a great deal with a knocked-out tooth. For swelling, a cold compress against the outside of the cheek helps. If you lose a crown, bring it with you. For a facial injury, a possible broken jaw, or bleeding that will not stop, go to the emergency room first and we will take care of the dental side afterward.

After Hours and Weekends

Dental problems rarely wait for business hours. If something starts at night or over a weekend, call the office number rather than sitting with it until morning. Getting an infection or an injury addressed early is almost always a shorter, simpler visit than dealing with what it turns into.

Pain That Fades Is Not Always Resolved

A toothache that stops hurting has not necessarily healed. When an infected nerve dies, the pain can ease while the infection continues into the bone beneath it. Swelling that spreads across the face or neck, fever, or any difficulty swallowing or breathing is a medical emergency and needs immediate attention at an emergency room, not a dental appointment.

What We Treat

Wisdom teeth causing pain, infection, or crowding. Broken, fractured, and chipped teeth. Infected teeth needing therapeutic root canal treatment. Periodontal abscesses with swelling and ongoing pain. TMJ pain and jaw dysfunction. Damage from teeth grinding.