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How to Get an Emergency Dentist Today

Call your usual practice first if you have one. If not, contact NHS 111 for an urgent NHS appointment, or call a private practice that sees non-registered patients. Go to A&E for swelling near your eye or throat, trouble breathing or swallowing, or heavy bleeding.

Step by step

  1. Your regular practice: many keep emergency slots each morning.
  2. NHS 111: online or by phone, for an urgent NHS appointment at £27.90.
  3. A private practice: use emergency dentists by town to see which publish an emergency fee, see non-registered patients, or open in the evening or at weekends.

While you wait

Over-the-counter painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen can help if they are suitable for you; follow the packet instructions. Do not put aspirin against the gum.

Questions

Can I go to A&E for toothache?

A&E does not treat routine toothache. Go only for serious swelling, breathing or swallowing problems, heavy bleeding or a face injury.