Fall, accident or trauma
A tooth has been hit, knocked, moved, broken or loosened after a fall, sport injury or accident.
Dental emergency
Broken teeth, swelling, injuries, lost fillings, or urgent dental concerns.
Urgent Dental Help
If something feels urgent, do not try to diagnose it yourself.
Use the emergency dental page if there has been a fall, accident, swelling, severe pain, bleeding, infection concern, or a broken tooth that cannot wait.
Emergency dental helpSwelling or infection concern
There is swelling in the gum, face or jaw, pus, fever, a bad taste, or pain that is spreading.
Severe pain
Pain is intense, worsening, keeping you awake, or not settling with usual pain relief.
Broken tooth or lost filling
A tooth has broken, a filling has come out, or a sharp edge is cutting the tongue or cheek.
Specific guides
Dental trauma after a fall
A fall, accident or knock to the mouth can move, loosen, crack or break teeth and may need urgent dental advice.
Read guideDental trauma
Dental trauma includes teeth that are knocked, moved, loosened, broken or injured after a fall, accident or direct blow.
Read guideFacial or gum swelling
Swelling in the gum, face or jaw may be linked with dental infection and should be treated as urgent, especially with fever or spreading pain.
Read guideUrgent Or Normal
Choose urgent care only when the problem may need urgent review.
If symptoms are stable or the concern is planned, use a normal appointment. If there is swelling, trauma, severe pain, bleeding, or a broken tooth that cannot wait, use the emergency dental page instead.
Use emergency for
- Swelling in the face, gum or jaw
- A fall, accident, sports injury or trauma
- A tooth that is broken, knocked loose or knocked out
- Severe pain, fever, bleeding, or pain that is spreading
Use normal booking for
- Check-ups, cleaning and preventive care
- Cosmetic, implant or restorative conversations
- Second opinions and treatment planning
- Symptoms that are not rapidly worsening
- Review the urgent warning signs and decide whether the concern can wait for normal booking.
- Call the clinic if you need help deciding what to do next.
- Use normal booking when the concern is stable or planned.
- If symptoms are medically serious or worsening quickly, seek urgent medical help where appropriate.