Dental pain does not always stay politely inside one tooth. When an ache spreads through your jaw, temple or cheek, a phone call to our McPhillips Street clinic can help sort out what to do next.
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You may have spent days treating this as a headache or a stiff jaw, until you noticed that chewing sets it off, or that one side of your mouth feels different from the other. Plenty of East Kildonan residents would not think of a dentist first for pain like that, and it is an easy thing to miss.
Dental pain is known to travel, which means the place that aches and the place causing it can be two separate spots. Nobody can settle that question from a description alone. An assessment at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg is how the dentist would check whether a tooth or the tissue around it is responsible.
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Biting, hot drinks or lying down may change a dental ache, and that is worth reporting.
A bad taste, puffy gum or fever alongside the ache makes a call much more pressing.
You are not expected to know the cause before you pick up the phone.
A sore spot in the face can have several explanations. The appointment is there to look for dental ones in an orderly way, rather than guessing from where it hurts most.
Any of these, paired with jaw or facial pain, gives you a solid reason to phone.
Your account of the symptoms comes first, then a look at the sore area and any images that would add useful information.
A sore jaw is one thing, but some symptoms cannot wait for a dental appointment. Call 911 or go for emergency medical care if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, major swelling in your face, bleeding you cannot control, a serious injury to the face, or if anyone has lost consciousness.
Expect the order below to shift somewhat, depending on your symptoms and on what turns up during the examination.
Request your visitPoint out where the pain sits, what sets it off and whether it has been growing, so the clinic can judge how soon you ought to be assessed.
Old dental work, recent injuries and how the pain has behaved all help the dentist decide where to look first.
Teeth on the sore side are checked along with the surrounding gum, and X-rays are added when they are needed to see what the eye cannot.
If a dental cause turns up, you will go through immediate relief and any further treatment. If one does not, you will be told that too.
Pain that wanders is hard to describe on the spot. Before calling, jot down a few words about how it has behaved, because that record may be more accurate than what you recall under stress.
Save any fragments of tooth or dental work you may have found, even if you doubt they are connected to the pain.
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An ache you cannot pin down can feel unsettling, partly because you have no explanation for it. Say so at your appointment, and let the dentist know if you feel overwhelmed or need a moment.
Tell the dentist how bad the pain gets at its peak, not only how it feels in the chair.
If touching a certain spot makes you jump, mention it before the exam moves any further.
A confusing explanation deserves a follow-up question, particularly when more than one thing may be involved.
Once the source is clearer
A dental cause might need further treatment even after things have calmed down, so an easing ache does not necessarily close the matter.
Where the first visit could only steady things, the return appointment deals with the underlying problem.
Keep noting the pain for a while, so you can tell whether it is really fading.
Swelling, fever or increasing pain following your visit should prompt another call, or medical care if serious.
If the examination does not find a dental cause and the pain goes on, ask what the dentist would suggest raising with your family doctor.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)East Kildonan is in Winnipeg, and care for its residents takes place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. The doorway in this photo sits under the clinic’s sign.
Severe or worsening pain calls for the phone, at (204) 338-3003, not the form. Form submissions are for non-urgent requests and do not hold a time until the clinic confirms one.
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Helpful details about emergency dentistry in East Kildonan.
Ask our teamDental pain can travel, so a problem tooth may be felt some distance from where it sits. Only an examination can show whether that explains your particular headache, so describe the pattern when you call.
Mention both, along with which came first. Saying exactly what you feel is more helpful than settling on one sore area, and it gives the clinic a fuller sense of how the pain is behaving.
Yes, if your symptoms could involve your teeth or gums. Tell the clinic what you were told and about anything you were prescribed, then the dentist can consider that information during the assessment.
It can be a useful part of the picture when the dentist decides one is appropriate. It is considered along with your symptoms and the examination, so the answer does not rest on a single image.
Look at the direction it is heading. Pain that lingers, disrupts sleep or makes biting hard should be phoned in, as should any swelling, drainage or fever, however mild the ache itself seems.
Ring (204) 338-3003 and describe the symptoms. Unless 911 is the right call, that conversation lets the clinic advise you and decide how soon you should be seen on McPhillips Street.
What comes next depends on the diagnosis. These pages explain some treatments a dentist may raise once the source of the pain is known.
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No need to solve the mystery first
If pain, swelling or trouble biting is part of this, phone the clinic rather than waiting. For a non-urgent concern, send the form below and the clinic will respond about timing.
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