Dental Emergencies

The divide between medical and dental care exacerbates inequity in access to care. Bridging this gap between medicine and dentistry is an imperative step to creating a more equitable health care system - Alexa Curt and Margaret Samuels-Kalow MD

Dental Emergencies
Dental Emergencies

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How Should Emergency Department Clinicians Respond to Unmet Dental Needs?

The division between medical and dental care exacerbates health inequity and forces many with compromised access to seek oral health care in emergency departments (EDs). Since dentists are best positioned to offer quality care for most patients’ oral health problems, this commentary on a case suggests why ED clinicians should offer appropriate oral health referrals and resources to those they serve and why all health professionals should advocate for systems-level policy and organizational changes to increase patients’ access to oral health care.

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 How Should Emergency Department Clinicians Respond to Unmet Dental Needs?

For example, when a patient sprains an ankle, the ED physician could refer the patient to a sports medicine clinic they frequently work with. Cultivating and reinforcing similar connections with dental practices would not only allow for better care for the patient, but also streamline the referral process.

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We delve into core content on dental injuries using Rosen’s Emergency Medicine (8th edition) Chapter 70 “Oral Emergencies” and Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine (8th edition) Chapter 245 “Oral and Dental Emergencies” as a guide.

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