What Happens When You Arrive: Examination, Radiograph, Treatment
For someone who has travelled far, knowing the order removes the uncertainty.
The first step: listening and examination
First we take the history: when it began, what makes it worse, whether that area has been treated before, and any regular medicines or chronic conditions. These questions are not for the record — they shape the plan of treatment.
Then comes the intraoral examination. The suspect tooth is tested with heat and cold, with biting and with light percussion, and the gum, any swelling and mouth opening are checked. This usually narrows down which tooth is responsible, though examination alone is not conclusive.
The second step: radiograph and diagnosis
Inflammation at a root tip, bone loss, the depth of a fracture and the position of an impacted tooth cannot be seen by eye. So a periapical or panoramic radiograph is taken at night too, chosen according to the complaint.
The radiograph and the clinical findings together give the diagnosis, and we explain what has happened, which options exist and how far the work can go that night. The decision is made together, so you know what will be done before it starts.
The third step: what can be done that night
- Relieving pain with local anaesthesia
- Beginning root canal treatment for an inflamed pulp
- Draining an abscess and cleaning the area
- Smoothing the sharp edges of a fractured tooth
- A temporary restoration in place of a lost filling or crown
- Controlling bleeding and placing sutures if needed
- Urgent extraction where a tooth cannot be saved, with aftercare advice
Before You Arrive from Gocerler: What to Do in the First Hour
What you can do before setting out from Gocerler does not replace treatment, but it keeps the situation from worsening and buys you time.
Before leaving Gocerler
What you should do before setting out from Gocerler depends on your complaint, and detailed first-aid steps for each are on the relevant page. On the way from Emergency in Gocerler, using the wrong measure can make things worse, so it matters which page you read — applying heat to swelling spreads the infection, and placing a painkiller tablet on the tooth burns the gum.
- Toothache
- Dental abscess and facial swelling
- A broken or cracked tooth
- A knocked-out tooth
- Bleeding after an extraction
What calling achieves for Gocerler
Calling as you set out from Gocerler does two things: you receive first-aid guidance suited to your situation, and the radiograph and surgery are prepared while you travel. For patients coming from across Korkuteli, this arrangement noticeably shortens the wait.
What an Emergency Visit Covers for a Patient from Gocerler
For a patient attending as an emergency from Gocerler, the aim is to stop the pain and the infection; definitive work is left to a planned appointment.
Completed the same night for Gocerler
Examination and a radiograph, opening the canal to release pressure, draining an abscess, stopping bleeding, temporarily sealing a broken tooth, splinting a loose tooth and adjusting a poking orthodontic wire are all completed the same night for a patient from Gocerler as well.
Left to a later visit for Gocerler
For a patient from Emergency in Gocerler, completing the root filling, making a crown or onlay, the permanent restoration and the implant and prosthetic stages are done at planned appointments. If you are coming from Gocerler, these are combined according to your journey and given to you in writing, so you do not have to travel from Korkuteli repeatedly.
