Pediatric Dental Emergencies in Cedarfield, OH

What counts as a dental emergency?

Call us the same day for a knocked-out permanent tooth, a tooth pushed out of position, bleeding that will not stop, facial swelling, a fever with mouth pain, or pain bad enough to keep your child awake. Call within a few days for a small chip with no pain, a lost filling, or a loose baby tooth after a fall.

Facial swelling that is spreading, swelling around the eye, or difficulty breathing or swallowing is not a dental appointment. Go to the emergency department.

What do I do if my child’s tooth is knocked out?

If it is a permanent tooth, this is the one true dental emergency where minutes matter:

Pick the tooth up by the crown, the chewing part, never the root.
If it is dirty, rinse it briefly in milk or saline. Do not scrub it, and do not use tap water.
Put it back in the socket if you can, and have your child hold it in place with a clean finger or by biting gently on gauze.
If you cannot reinsert it, put it in a cup of cold milk.
Call (216) 555-0148 and come straight in. Under 30 minutes gives the best odds.

If it is a baby tooth, do not put it back in. Reinserting a baby tooth can damage the permanent tooth forming above it. Control the bleeding with gauze and call us the same day so we can check the socket and the neighboring teeth.

Do not store a tooth in tap water and do not wrap it in a tissue. Both kill the cells on the root surface that make reattachment possible. Milk is the single best thing in a normal household.

How do I reach you after hours?

The same number, (216) 555-0148. After hours the line forwards to whichever dentist is on call, and one of them answers it. It is not an answering service and it does not take a message.

If you get voicemail, it means we are on another emergency call. Leave your number and we will call back within a few minutes.

What about weekends and holidays?

The after-hours line runs every day of the year, including the days we are closed. For a genuine emergency we will meet you at the office.

Do you see children who are not your patients?

Yes. We do not turn away a child in pain because they have not been here before. We will treat the emergency, and there is no obligation to transfer their regular care to us afterward.

Last reviewed July 2026 by Brightburrow clinical staff.

Questions about this

What do I do if my child's tooth is knocked out?

If it is a permanent tooth, pick it up by the crown and not the root, rinse it briefly in milk or saline if it is dirty, put it back in the socket if you can, and call us immediately at (216) 555-0148. If you cannot reinsert it, put it in a cup of cold milk and get to us within 30 minutes. Time matters more than anything else here.

If it is a baby tooth, do not put it back in. Reinserting a baby tooth can damage the permanent tooth forming above it. Control the bleeding with gauze and call us the same day so we can check for damage to the socket and the teeth on either side.

Do not scrub the tooth, do not store it in tap water, and do not wrap it in a tissue. Tap water and dry storage both kill the cells on the root surface that make reattachment possible.

Is a chipped baby tooth an emergency?

A small chip with no pain and no bleeding is not an emergency, but it should be looked at within a few days. A chip that exposes yellow or pink tissue inside the tooth, or that comes with pain, looseness, or a darkening tooth over the following weeks, needs to be seen the same day.

Call us either way and describe what you see. We hold two openings every morning for children who woke up in pain, and we would rather look at a chip that turns out to be nothing than have you wait it out.

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