How to Know If Your Tooth Pain Is an Emergency

Dentist Dr. Sako H. Karakozian addresses three types of oral pain to assess if you need immediate attention or if your issue can wait. He shares that if you are feeling anything out of the ordinary, he would typically recommend calling your dentist, but that might not be possible right now while under quarantine.

Dr. Sako stresses that urgent cares and emergency rooms are not equipped to handle dental emergencies. Instead of potentially wasting time and resources, he always suggests calling a dentist first. Plus, He breaks down tooth issues into three different types of problems: sensitivity, pain and swelling.

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[joseftvgoku]

Whos watching this with a toothache? 🙋😭

praying for you to feel well again 🙏

[largon]

There is not a better feeling than when you can sense that the pain is dissipating and it all feels normal again..

[freddypedraza]

Me: I don't like dentists
Me after toothache: just take it off idgaf 😭

[juniuslawson]

This the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. I can’t take it

[perpetualpaws]

Watching this at 2 am because I can’t sleep from the pain

[cancan]

Tooth ache is the worst pain I’ve ever felt, I feel like punching everything..

[dreamworkdetailing]

I had tooth pain that literally kept me up 3 days straight. Went to the dentist and got it pulled and I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER!!!

[lorinczanna]

My teeth hurt so much that im at the point that im ready to hit my head on the wall to stop the pain-

[DG-]

who is watching with deadly tooth pain 😔😩🥶

[samarajean]

When one tooth hurts and it triggers your whole damn mouth!!! MY FACE IS ON FIRE

[AH--]

Just had my tooth pulled. After giving birth 4 times and going through a painful miscarriage, i can say hands down that tooth pain is the worst pain I've ever felt

[royalforeverguy]

For all the people saying they’re in pain, listen to me closely: go to the dentist as soon as you can. It will only get worse and cause excruciating pain that can make a grown man cry. Don’t let it get to the point where your tooth is decaying and breaks at the gum line then you have to get it SURGICALLY removed!! I went through months of hell, trying to ignore my cavities & hoping they would “magically” get better I guess. Get your teeth fixed/filled ASAP and just take care of them after that. No reason to sit in pain everyday!!!

[flailingelbows]

That feeling when your tooth is killing you but you can’t afford to get it treated / fixed. Oof

[syifafarah]

This comment section makes my day 🤧💀 get well soon guys! 💞

[TaraConti]

It’s absolutely disgusting that dentistry is still not integrated with the rest of the medical fields!
The worst part of it is that it all stems from greed.
Your oral health has a major impact on your overall physical health and your phycological health. Unfortunately the field of dentistry has become all about money an vanity!

[mikewelch]

Me: I'm gonna sleep well tonight

My tooth: tonight is gonna be fun hehe

[dennisfeletoa]

i just wanna pull my damn teeth out rn😭

[michaelrussea]

My tooth is aching so bad that I now have a headache that hurts just as bad as my toothache. FML! I WANT FAKE TEETH NOW!

[gggggg]

The pain goes away for a second and comes back, literally it comes back when I wanna go to sleep, especially when anything enters my mouth it hits me, it’s the second day now, I’m callin the dentist tommrow

[HeatherBDentureDiVa]

It sucks that people have to suffer until they become an emergency and can't prevent tooth extraction.