Clinical Review
Dental Emergencies
Emergency Medicine. 2010 September;42(9):6-13
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Sandra A. Deane, MD, and Reina Parker, MD
It is increasingly common for patients to present to the ED with dental problems. Some conditions warrant immediate management of infection or injury; others require pain control and follow-up with a dental or oral surgeon. The authors discuss basic dental anatomy as well as nontraumatic and traumatic origins of pain.