When should I go to emergency instead of contacting Dental 99?

Quick answer: If you have difficulty breathing or swallowing, uncontrolled bleeding, significant facial swelling, or facial trauma. Call 000 or go to your nearest emergency department.

Go to emergency now

• Difficulty breathing or swallowing
• Swelling spreading towards your eye or neck
• Uncontrolled bleeding
• Significant facial trauma or a suspected fracture
• Fever with facial swelling, or feeling generally very unwell with a dental problem

Book Toothache Management instead

For pain, sensitivity, a chip, a lost filling or crown, a localised swelling without the symptoms above, or anything that feels wrong but is not an emergency. $99, and it includes a full examination and any required x-rays.

Knocked out adult tooth

Time matters. Pick the tooth up by the crown, not the root. If dirty, rinse briefly with milk or saline, do not scrub. Try to place it gently back in the socket and bite on clean gauze. If you cannot, keep it in milk or inside your cheek. Never store it dry or in water. Then seek urgent dental or emergency care immediately.

Note: We do not offer after hours emergency care. Outside our opening hours, emergency departments and after hours medical services are the right route.