Jun5

Emergency Dental Care for Tooth Injuries in Gibsonton

Categories: Dental Emergency, General Dentistry

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Trauma to the face and teeth can be caused by many accidents. Accidents to the teeth often transpire during sports competitions, outdoor recreation, and auto accidents. They can also happen in non-traumatic situations such as when you bite down hard on an unpopped popcorn kernel or peach pit.

It is helpful to know if emergency dental care is required after an injury to the mouth or face. This will ensure your family members’ teeth are taken care of. Knowing these guidelines could save you an expensive trip to the emergency room.

Tooth pain

Any time you have extensive tooth pain due to the injury you should call for an emergency appointment. Pain can indicate underlying damage and needs to be attended to immediately.

A misaligned or loose tooth

A tooth that is loose or misaligned must be dealt with urgently. The dentist can use a splinting method to stabilize or realign the tooth. This allows time for the tooth and surrounding tissue and bone to heal and become firmly-rooted again.

Knocked-out Tooth

A knocked-out tooth is an emergency that requires instant attention. If the tooth (and patient) is taken to the dentist very quickly it can often be reinserted and saved. This requires quick action. You should hold the tooth from the crown and avoid any roots. The tooth must be cleaned gently. Then the tooth should be reinserted and held carefully in the socket.

At Your Time Dental Urgent Care, we treat the dental problems discussed here plus:

  • Lost filling
  • Cracked tooth
  • Broken crown
  • Abscess

We also serve you with a wide range of general and specialty dental services. These include root canals and CEREC same-day restorations.

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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May29

A Root Canal Doesn’t Just Save a Tooth

Categories: Dental Emergency, Dental Health, Restorative Dentistry

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Do you have an aching tooth? Does it hurt to bite down? Does it throb and keep you up at night?

Don’t give up on it just yet

When a patient comes into Your Time Dental Urgent Care with long-time toothache, they are often desperate. “Just pull it!” They don’t want to withstand the pain any longer. They have written off the tooth and have recognized the reality that they will lose it.

Extraction isn’t the only option

When a tooth starts aching, we are reminded that there a nerves deep down in each tooth. When you feel pain, you know that something is wrong.

Veins, arteries, lymph vessels, and nerves live below the enamel and dentin in the pulp of the tooth. When the blood flow is diminished or cut off, the tooth eventually dies. Injury, trauma, or infection can cause this.

When the pulp of the tooth can’t be saved, there are generally two options; extraction or a root canal.

What is a root canal?

During a root canal procedure, the nerve and pulp of the tooth are removed. Once the roots are cleaned out and widened, they are filled with a special rubber material.

The root canal procedure is only the first step in the complete tooth restoration. The final steps are the core build-up and crown, which is the part you see above the gum line.

Why not just pull the tooth?

Now we will answer the question posed in the title. Even when a tooth is dead, the fact that the tooth is embedded in the jaw bone serves a purpose. Normal mouth function stimulates the jaw bone. When you talk, eat, and otherwise move your jaw, the tooth root puts pressure on the jaw bone. This helps keep the jaw bone healthy.

When a tooth is removed, the bone shrinks and recedes. As if it knows it isn’t needed at the site anymore. Jaw bone recession eventually alters the shape of the face. Multiple extractions cause a “sunk-in” look. If you’ve ever met a person that has had no teeth for many years, it may appear that their upper face and lower jaw are closing in together. This is because their jaw bone has receded and shrunk.

If you have a painful tooth, come see us at Your Time Dental Urgent Care. Root canal therapy may be a good option to end the pain and preserve the shape of your face.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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May22

Urgent Care Dentist vs. Cosmetic Dentist

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Emergency, Restorative Dentistry

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Today’s message is for anyone who has a broken dental crown. First off, you REALLY need to have it replaced. That said, you may be wondering which kind of dentist should replace it.

We advise that you contact the dentist who placed the crown. If you have moved or don’t remember where you got it, we invite you to consider Your Time Dental Urgent Care.

Why an urgent care dentist instead of a cosmetic dentist?

Urgent care dentists treat dental emergencies. But a dental emergency rarely requires only one procedure. Most use a cosmetic restoration once the initial problem is addressed. For example, a knocked-out tooth, a broken tooth, a chipped tooth, and most root canals all require restoration as the final step.

An urgent care specialist is a dental jack-of-all-trades.

Urgent care dentists serve you with restorative, general, and cosmetic dentistry. In other words, an urgent care dentist has extensive experience with cosmetic procedures. Some even perform dental implants.

What do you do when your dental crown breaks or comes off?

Don’t swallow it! Carefully take it out of your mouth. If you accidentally swallow it, you will have some extra dilemmas we won’t discuss in this article.

Call Your Time Dental Urgent Care. We will schedule you an appointment promptly and counsel you on whether you should use temporary cement to re-attach the crown. Your tooth is weakened, so abstain from substances that are chewy, sticky, or crunchy.

The dental professionals at Your Time Dental Urgent Care have been replacing dental crowns since 2001. If you have a broken crown, give us a call.

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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May15

Can I Ignore a Cracked Tooth if it Doesn’t Hurt?

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Emergency, Restorative Dentistry

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You have probably heard that dental enamel is the hardest substance in the body.

Does that mean if you chip your tooth it’s okay to disregard it? If it doesn’t hurt, the crack must be superficial, right?

Actually, no.

It’s vital to fix a fractured tooth immediately

Let’s discuss why.

The most important reason is that you can probably save the tooth if you act fast.

Protect the tooth from decay

Regardless of the size of the crack, the tooth has been weakened.

This means it is more susceptible to decay. If the underlying tooth matter starts decaying, it will eventually reach the root.

Avoid a root canal

Not only will it be painful, but it could also require a root canal. Root canals are more expensive than treatment to correct a crack in a tooth with no decay. When you get a root canal, you pay for the surgery and the crown.

There are other reasons to fix a cracked tooth that are less serious but still something to consider.

You may start chewing differently and experience head or jaw aches. The cracked tooth may damage adjacent or opposing teeth. This can happen slowly over time without your awareness. In a few months, you may discover damage to the enamel of another tooth.

Your Time Dental Urgent Care can fix it quickly and easily

Fixing a cracked tooth doesn’t take a long time. Schedule an appointment and we may be able to correct your cracked tooth in one dental visit.

At Your Time Dental Urgent Care, we accommodate your schedule. If necessary, we stay open later on normal business days. We also take weekend appointments for emergencies.

Is a cracked tooth an emergency? It’s not as pressing as a knocked-out tooth, but you need to have it fixed as soon as possible.

Have you been living with a cracked tooth for a while now? Schedule an appointment and we will repair it for you.

How do you fix a cracked tooth?

It depends on the size of the crack and the extent of the harm.

For a hairline crack in an otherwise healthy tooth, your dentist may recommend dental bonding or filling. Modern fillings use a tooth-colored composite resin. A filling will strengthen the tooth and protect it from further damage.

If the tooth has decay or a large piece broke off, your dentist may recommend a dental cap or crown. For this restoration, the dentist grinds away part of the remaining tooth to prepare it for a tooth-shaped crown. The crown is made to blend seamlessly with your other teeth. As with the filling, it will strengthen and protect against decay.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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May8

Can a Toothache Kill You?

Categories: Dental Emergency, General Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry

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You should never ignore a toothache. It is an urgent medical problem.

Can a toothache kill you?

The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. Let’s explain.

The cause of a toothache could bring about a dangerous chain of events that could eventually kill you.

For centuries, dental factors were a leading cause of death.

When the London (England) Bills of Mortality began listing the causes of death in the early 1600’s, “teeth” were continually listed as the fifth or sixth leading cause of death. National Institutes of Health

A toothache may be linked to an oral infection. An untreated infection can spread to other parts of the body. Your body may develop sepsis trying to fight the infection. Sepsis can kill you.

Sepsis is a serious medical condition. It’s caused by an overwhelming immune response to infection. The body releases immune chemicals into the blood to combat the infection. Those chemicals trigger widespread inflammation, which leads to blood clots and leaky blood vessels. As a result, blood flow is impaired, and that deprives organs of nutrients and oxygen and leads to organ damage. https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/sepsis.aspx

A toothache is never “normal.”

Even if it goes away, you need to have it analyzed. At Your Time Dental Urgent Care, we can let you know if it was bumped and injured from the inside. This is kind of like a bruise on the skin that goes away.

But it could be far riskier. The pain could subside because the infection has killed the nerves. This is just a temporary cessation of pain.

The tooth decay (and infection) has made it through the pulp and out the end. In the final stage, it will drill through the tip. Then the infection will reach the tissue and bone surrounding the tooth root. The area will swell up and be exceptionally painful. We’re talking excruciating.

“See your urgent care dentist!”

Regardless of the cause of the toothache, it sends an urgent message: “See your urgent care dentist!”

If you wait, the cost to treat it may get more expensive as the pain gets more extreme. Affordable urgent dental care is available at Your Time Dental Urgent Care in Gibsonton.

We provide quality emergency dental care and extended hours to serve you. We will take care of your pain and the dental issue that is causing the pain. The emergency department at the hospital can’t do that. They can only give you pain medication.

Don’t wait to come to Your Time Dental Urgent Care if a tooth is screaming for attention.

Even if it stops screaming for a little while.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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May1

What Have We Done For You Lately?

Categories: Dental Emergency, Dental Health, General Dentistry

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At Your Time Dental Urgent Care, everything we do is for the welfare of our valued patients. We are passionate about offering quality, compassionate dental care tailored to each patient’s individual needs.

We know that optimum oral health is an essential element of overall physical health and that dentists do more than just “drill and fill.”

As your primary care doctor, your dentist is a vital member of your family’s team of healthcare providers.

What Has Your Time Dental Urgent Care Done Lately?

An urgent care dentist treats dental issues you want to get taken care of immediately. This includes a cracked tooth, a severe toothache, a broken filling, or an abscess.

But we also offer quality general dentistry. And many specialty services as well.

  • Diagnosis and treatment of gum disease
  • Oral cancer checks
  • Diagnosis and treatment of chronic bad breath
  • Coordinated care with medical doctors for dental patients with cancer or other chronic conditions
  • Guidance on the oral health ramifications of medication side effects
  • Custom night guards for individuals who grind their teeth
  • Oral conscious sedation, patience, and compassion for patients with dental anxiety
  • Specialized care for expectant mothers
  • Pediatric dental guidance for new parents
  • Referrals to and coordination with trusted specialists for procedures we don’t perform at Your Time Dental Urgent Care
  • Custom mouthguards for athletes of all ages
  • The teaching of proper dental hygiene
  • Diagnosis of bite problems
  • Replacement of old amalgam fillings
  • Improved confidence for smile transformation recipients
  • In-office and at-home teeth whitening
  • Dental cleanings that include scaling and root planing for plaque and tartar removal

What Can We Do For You?

The friendly and experienced team at Your Time Dental Urgent Care would love to help you with any of your dental needs, but we can’t help you unless you come in.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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Apr24

Your Urgent Care Dentist Treats Cavities For Patients of All Ages

Categories: Dental Emergency, Dental Health, General Dentistry

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Gibsonton parents work hard to keep their children healthy. Despite their best efforts, many children develop tooth decay at some point in their childhood.

At Your Time Dental Urgent Care, we treat patients of all ages. Can a cavity be an urgent dental issue? Yes—if it isn’t addressed early.

Let’s talk about the five stages of a cavity.

You may have heard that once tooth enamel is eroded, it’s gone forever. This is partially true, but in the earliest stage of enamel erosion, a cavity can be reversed.

Reverse a cavity before it needs a filling

If you can prohibit cavities in children there’s a better chance that their teeth can stay healthy through adolescence and into adulthood.

This is because the rate of tooth decay declines as youngsters grow.

Let’s discuss the five stages of a cavity.

Stage 1: Attack of the Little White Spots

The tooth begins to show signs of damage. White spots appear. They are under the surface of the enamel, but you can see them from the outside.

Demineralization will lead to these spots. When they occur in children’s molars, it can be easy for parents to miss them. That’s why daily dental hygiene and regular dental exams are crucial.

It this stage, it’s possible to halt a cavity before it needs a filling. Dental hygiene can stop erosion. Fluoride can remineralize the enamel.

Can Stage 1 be reversed? Yes!

Stage 2: Enamel Decay

Did you know that tooth decay begins under the surface of the enamel?

The visible enamel is intact for the first part of Stage 2. Then the hole busts through the surface.

Can Stage 2 be reversed? No…but the tooth can probably be saved.

Stage 3: Going Deeper Into the Dentin

The decay breaks down the enamel and hits the soft dentin layer that lies below. This is an advanced cavity.

The good news?

The decay hasn’t yet reached the pulp. It will, however, start to cause pain.

Can Stage 3 be reversed? No…but maybe the tooth won’t need a root canal.

Stage 4: Ouch! The Decay Hits the Pulp

Hopefully, your son or daughter will never suffer stage 4. This is very painful. The infection has reached the pulp where the nerves are located. Unfortunately, a root canal is the only treatment option. Unless, of course, the tooth is taken out.

Remember, childhood cavities are completely preventable.

Can Stage 4 be reversed? No…and it must be treated with a root canal.

Stage 5: Abscess Distress

The tooth decay (and infection) has traveled through the pulp and out the end. In the final stage, it drills through the tip. Now the infection is in the tissue and bone surrounding the tooth root. The area swells up and it’s very painful.

It’s also grave for anyone’s health. This is a serious infection that can spread to other parts of the body. Abscesses originating in a tooth can be fatal.

Can Stage 5 be reversed? No…and it’s life-threatening.

Protect your son or daughter from decay so they can have a healthy smile for life.

If you see little white dots, schedule an exam and dental cleaning at Your Time Dental Urgent Care.

We hope your son or daughter never has a cavity that destroys a tooth. But if they experience any type of dental emergency, call Your Time Dental Urgent Care. In fact, save our number to your phone contacts. Then you’ll be prepared for any dental emergency.

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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Apr17

Restore Or Replace: New Life For Your Damaged Tooth

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Emergency, Restorative Dentistry

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Hello friends of Your Time Dental Urgent Care! As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat (although I don’t know anyone who would want to). Likewise, there is more than one way to fix a tooth.

Your Urgent Care Dentist Offers a Variety of Tooth Restoration Options

If you are the lucky owner of a set of perfectly healthy teeth, you may never need any of these procedures. However, if you are like most Florida residents, you will probably need to restore a tooth eventually. Today’s post looks at six restoration procedures that are used routinely to repair damaged teeth:

A Porcelain Veneer

These wafer-thin covers can hide a chip or crack or fix the alignment of a tooth that is slightly crooked.

A Filling, Inlay, or Onlay

This procedure has been used to restore teeth for over a century although the materials and techniques have advanced. One fairly new option is white-filling replacement for metal fillings. A traditional filling is shaped and molded after it is applied to the tooth. Because inlays and onlays are fabricated in a dental lab, they are typically called indirect fillings. Inlays are applied to just the center of the biting surface of a tooth (not to a cusp or point) and are usually smaller than onlays. An onlay restores one or more cusps of a tooth.

Some urgent care dentists have CEREC technology. This allows them to fabricate restorations in their office in one appointment.

Dental Bonding

Bonding, officially called direct composite veneers, is used to fix chips, cracks, stains, and make teeth longer. It is also sometimes used to fill cavities. A skilled cosmetic dentist applies a pliable composite resin and molds it to the exact shape required. The resin is then hardened with a special curing light.

A Dental Crown

A crown replaces the entire visible portion of the tooth, restoring appearance, stability, and function. Crowns are used for teeth that have had a root canal, teeth with acute decay, the replacement tooth in a dental bridge, and the visible portion of a dental implant. Crowns can be made of all metal (such as gold), porcelain-fused-to-metal, all-ceramic, or all resin.

As mentioned previously, a CEREC CAD/CAM milling machine allows dentists to create a crown in-office.

Dental Implants

Many dentists consider a tooth implant to be the ultimate restoration because it restores the entire tooth–both root and crown. Most dental implant recipients report that the implant is indistinguishable from a natural tooth. Another advantage is the fact that an implant can prevent bone recession which is common at an extraction site. Dental implants are used in a variety of applications such as anchoring dentures and dental bridges.

Your Gibsonton urgent care dentist offers a variety of tooth restoration options.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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Apr10

You Should Worry if Any of These 3 Things Happen in Your Mouth

Categories: Dental Emergency, General Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry

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1. You drink a cold beverage and—yowza—it produces a shooting pain!

When a cavity has eroded enamel it eventually taps the layer under the enamel. This is called the dentin. The dentin contains tiny tubules. A cold (or acidic) liquid that flows into the tubules can get close enough to the nerve to make you wake up and pay attention.

Call your urgent care dentist. You may have a serious cavity.

2. You bite down forcefully and—yikes—extreme pain!

This could be a sign of an infection or abscess in the pulp of the tooth. It could also be caused by a microscopic crack in the tooth. Either way, you need to have it taken care of.

Call your urgent care dentist, you may need a root canal.

3. Suddenly—uh oh—a tooth is loose!

Unless you are five years old and still have your baby teeth, it’s not normal to suddenly feel that a tooth is loose. It could be the result of an injury to the tooth. The jolt could have stretched some of the small ligaments that hold the tooth in place. What if you don’t remember hurting a tooth? You could be grinding your teeth at night while you sleep. Teeth grinding is dangerous for teeth and it can trigger headaches as well.

It could also be gingivitis. Periodontal disease is caused by a bacterial infection that can destroy both gum tissue and the ligaments that hold the teeth in place.

Call your urgent care dentist to make an appointment to get it checked out.

Don’t ignore these dental problems

Many dread seeking relief from a dentist because they fear the treatment will hurt worse than the pain they are experiencing. Waiting too long to care for your teeth can cause serious health problems—and not just in your mouth. We understand how stressful it is to have a toothache, loose tooth, or another pressing dental dilemma.

Ask us about sedation dentistry

If you have dental anxiety, Your Time Dental Urgent Care offers several solutions including sedation dentistry. We can also use anti-anxiety agents to quiet your fears and make your dental visit as safe and peaceful as possible.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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Apr3

The Dangers Of Oral Infections

Categories: Dental Emergency, Dental Health, General Dentistry

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“It’s just sore, it will go away.”
“I’m too busy right now, I’ll go to a dentist later.”
“A little sensitivity is no big deal.”

There has been a lot of talk about viral infections lately. In this article, we focus on oral infections.

Your teeth become sensitive to cold liquids. A tooth develops a dull ache. A sore on the gums doesn’t heal up. An injured tooth darkens. A pain commences in your lower sinus area.

This is definitely not one of the conditions where the “ignore it and it will go away” mentality is wise.

The danger of ignoring oral infections

If the pain is the result of an infection, there are risky consequences of postponing treatment. Oral infections can destroy teeth, gums and jawbone and even lead to life-threatening sepsis.

In centuries past, tooth decay-related infection was a leading cause of death.

An oral infection doesn’t always result in pain. Bad breath, fever, swelling in the gums, glands or jaw, or a strange taste in the mouth can indicate the presence of an infection.

If an infection is caught and treated early, there may be no additional problems. However, usually the infection is the result of a dental dilemma that needs to be treated. If the infection is caused by tooth decay, the decay will have to be removed and the tooth filled. If the decay has penetrated to the pulp of the tooth, a root canal may be required.

The infection may be caused by a pocket of undrained pus called an abscess. Pus is a by-product of the immune system’s efforts to fight infection and consists of dead white blood cells.

Mouth sores have various causes including an infection or virus. White patches in the mouth can indicate thrush (an oral yeast infection). All of these conditions can be taken care of – but you need to see your dentist.

See your urgent care dentist if you suspect you have an oral infection. Our office is open when others are closed.

 

Contact Your Time Dental Urgent Care:

813-519-0128

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

13145 Kings Lake Drive Ste 105B
Gibsonton, Florida
33534

 

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