Benefits Of Dental Emergency In Singapore
What is a dental emergency?
A dental emergency is an immediate dental condition that requires immediate treatment. It can be life-threatening and will result in permanent damage if not treated immediately, so our patients should contact us after severe pain or injury. Examples of dental emergencies include loose crowns, impacted third molars, bleeding gums, and swollen cheeks. Dental emergencies can range from relatively minor to life-threatening requiring hospitalization for surgery or calling the emergency team on call for the trauma of the oral cavity.
Benefits of dental emergency in Singapore
- Reduce the risk of tooth loss
The best way to reduce the risk of tooth loss is to have regular teeth cleaning at least twice a year. Dental emergency in Singapore will ensure that you see a dentist in a timely manner to get your teeth cleaned and maintained. The best way to treat tooth loss is the use of dental implants. It can take up to 10 years for a dental implant to begin integrating with the bone and begin feeling like a natural tooth, but that’s much longer than the risk of losing your teeth.
- Save time
Dental emergencies in Singapore will not only save you time by avoiding surgery, but it will also prevent unnecessary costs associated with hospitalization, follow-up treatment, medication, or conventional dentistry fees.
- Prevention of tooth or jaw problems
Dental diseases can also cause painful tooth or jaw problems like a dental abscess, wisdom tooth abscess, and jaw joint pain.
- Increasing the freshness and quality of life
Dental diseases can affect your general quality of life by increasing peri-implantitis and misplacement of dental implants that can cause pain, tooth loss, and tooth decay.
Better oral hygiene
Regular teeth cleaning can prevent gingivitis, periodontal disease, and gum infections that lead to more severe dental problems like tooth loss, tooth decay, infection, and pain. Regular teeth cleaning can also show a preventative effect on tooth or jaw problems like root canal abscess, wisdom tooth abscess, and jaw joint pain.
- Prevent dental caries
Dental caries is the name given to the disease where bacteria in plaque adhere to surfaces of the teeth and cause the formation of dental cavities that may lead to tooth decay. The habit of consuming sugary foods, soda, and other acidic foods may increase your risk for dental caries.
Conclusion
Following regular teeth cleaning and checkup at least twice a year will help to prevent dental emergencies in Singapore. You should also have good oral hygiene to reduce your risk of dental caries and tooth loss.
By Kim Williams
