Emergency Dental Care

After UCLA Dental School, Dr. Reifman did a comprehensive Emergency Internship at Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital.

Treating Tooth Emergencies 24 Hrs/day
Call: 818.990.6659
Encino
(Haskell/Ventura Blvd.)

Encino Smile Doctor reserves same-day dental appointments for patients who have severe tooth pain or toothache.  Pain and swelling can be caused by tooth extraction pain, wisdom tooth pain, or gum swelling.  We can address pain from any one of these causes at our comfortable office with our friendly staff.

NOTE: We are also fluent in Spanish and Tagolog: "Se Habla Español!"  and "Nagsasalita kami ng tagalog!"

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES INCLUDE:

• Tooth Aches/Tooth Pain
• Cracked/Chipped Tooth
• Swollen, painful Gums
• Abscess
• Dry Sockets (see below)
• Filling fell out
• Tooth loose
• Broken partials, dentures, or other appliances

Call Dr. Reifman's Dental Office at 818.990.6659 ...Immediately!

All About Dry Sockets

After a tooth is extracted, a blood clot forms in the socket. Over the next several weeks and months, the new gum and bone grows into the blood clot and replaces the blood clot. If the blood clot dissolves prematurely, the extraction socket is left empty, so its called a dry socket. This leaves the bone uncovered and can be quite painful. This is not an infection so antibiotics are rarely needed. Dry socket, although uncommon, is usually found after wisdom tooth removal.

The Unique, and Very Successful Way that Dr. Reifman Treats Dry Socket:

"While the patient is in the chair, I will crush up one plain aspirin in a tiny dish and mix in a couple drops of eugenol (eugenol is a liquid used in many dental procedures). Then, I add some pre-made, dry socket paste to the mixture. My assistant loads the large end of an amalgam carrier instrument, and hands it to me. I then gently express the mixture of aspirin, eugenol, and dry socket paste into the patient's dry socket. I start lightly condensing the mixture with the wooden end of a cotton tipped applicator. At this point, many patients begin to feel the discomfort start to go away.

Depending on the situation, it may take 2 to 4 carriers of the mixture to fill in the hole where the dry socket has been formed. Usually all of this is quite comfortable to the patient. Then, I use the cotton part of the applicator to blot off any excess, and place a moistened, folded gauze pad over the area to prevent the mixture from coming out. We give the patient extra gauze and tell them to keep it covered for a few hours.

During this short procedure, usually there is no need to anesthetize the patient, and in most cases they will finally feel relief within 15 minutes. Rarely does the patient have to come back for additional treatment."

EMERGENCY DENTIST SERVING AND TREATING PATIENTS from the following areas: Los Angeles County, San Fernando Valley, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Canyon Country, Conejo Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Canoga Park, Glendale, Burbank, Conejo Valley,and Calabasas California.