What Can Be Done at Home Before You Set Out
Even a short wait, used correctly, makes the treatment that follows easier.
The right approach to pain and swelling
For swelling, apply cold to the outside of the cheek through a thin cloth, fifteen minutes on and then a break: cold slows blood flow and reduces both oedema and pain. Heat does the opposite, helping infection spread into neighbouring tissues. Keeping the head raised while resting eases the pressure that builds when lying flat. Placing a tablet on the sore area is a common habit, but aspirin and similar tablets burn the gum chemically and make treatment harder.
What you can do until you reach the clinic
- Rinse gently with warm salt water; do not force a vigorous rinse
- Apply cold to the outside of the cheek at intervals
- For bleeding, press with clean gauze for twenty minutes without lifting
- Keep the broken fragment and bring it without letting it dry
- Hold a knocked-out tooth by the crown, never by the root
- Do not chew on that side or probe the area with tongue or nail
- Avoid alcohol and smoking — both impair healing
When waiting is not an option
Swelling advancing towards the eyelid or the neck, difficulty opening the mouth, trouble swallowing or breathing, high fever and marked exhaustion mean the infection has passed beyond the tooth. Do not spend time on home measures in that situation — go to the nearest hospital emergency department. For everything else — pain, localised swelling, fracture, a lost filling, bleeding — you can come to us at any hour; call as you set out and preparation will be finished before you arrive.
Before You Arrive from Teomanpasa: What to Do in the First Hour
What you can do before setting out from Teomanpasa does not replace treatment, but it keeps the situation from worsening and buys you time.
Before leaving Teomanpasa
What you should do before setting out from Teomanpasa depends on your complaint, and detailed first-aid steps for each are on the relevant page. On the way from Emergency in Teomanpasa, 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 Teomanpasa
Calling as you set out from Teomanpasa does two things: you receive first-aid guidance suited to your situation, and the radiograph and surgery are prepared while you travel. For Emergency in Teomanpasa: for patients coming from across Kepez, this arrangement noticeably shortens the wait.
What an Emergency Visit Covers for a Patient from Teomanpasa
For a patient attending as an emergency from Teomanpasa, the aim is to stop the pain and the infection; definitive work is left to a planned appointment.
Completed the same night for Teomanpasa
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 Teomanpasa as well.
Left to a later visit for Teomanpasa
For a patient from Emergency in Teomanpasa, 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 Teomanpasa, these are combined according to your journey and given to you in writing, so you do not have to travel from Kepez repeatedly.
