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Toothache and dental emergencies
Toothache and dental emergencies: this guide covers sorted by what the pain is doing, because that is how people search at 2 a.m.: cold sensitivity that…
This guide is general education, not a diagnosis or an individual treatment plan. Urgent, severe or worsening symptoms belong with the local emergency service or a qualified clinician.
What this guide covers
This guide covers sorted by what the pain is doing, because that is how people search at 2 a.m.: cold sensitivity that stops in seconds, pain on biting, throbbing that wakes you and is worse lying down, swelling of the face or gum, pain after a filling, dry socket on day three after an extraction, wisdom-tooth pericoronitis, a cracked tooth, a knocked-out adult tooth (put it back or keep it in milk — the minutes matter and the advice is genuinely hard to find in Estonian), a chipped child's tooth, the painkiller combination with the best trial evidence, and where the out-of-hours dental service actually is in each country.
One focused section asks: "A knocked-out tooth: the first ten minutes".
How to use it
Start with the description that most closely matches your question about Toothache and dental emergencies. Use the evidence section to understand what is known, then use the boundary section to decide when self-education should stop and clinical care should begin.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | hambavalu öösel mida teha |
| Estonian | hamba abstsess näo turse |
| Finnish | hammassärky yöllä |
| Russian | зубная боль ночью что делать |
| English | knocked out tooth milk what to do |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: IADT dental trauma guidelines 2020 (Dental Traumatology, freely published), Cochrane review of ibuprofen with paracetamol after oral surgery (cited), NICE CKS dental abscess (official), national out-of- hours dental service pages (official). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/teeth is eruption timelines, enamel and food, whitening and costs; this is the pain happening right now and where to take it.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
/teeth, /doctors for dentists, /firstaid, /pharmacy.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
This guide covers sorted by what the pain is doing, because that is how people search at 2 a.m.: cold sensitivity that stops in seconds, pain on biting, throbbing that wakes you and is worse lying down, swelling of the face or gum, pain after a filling, dry socket on day three after an extraction, wisdom-tooth pericoronitis, a cracked tooth, a knocked-out adult tooth (put it back or keep it in milk — the minutes matter and the advice is genuinely hard to find in Estonian), a chipped child's tooth, the painkiller…
What evidence does it use?
IADT dental trauma guidelines 2020 (Dental Traumatology, freely published), Cochrane review of ibuprofen with paracetamol after oral surgery (cited), NICE CKS dental abscess (official), national out-of- hours dental service pages (official).
Where does this guide stop?
/teeth is eruption timelines, enamel and food, whitening and costs; this is the pain happening right now and where to take it.
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