Emergency Dentist Serving Newport Beach, CA

A dental emergency is any situation involving severe pain, active infection, or structural trauma requiring immediate professional attention. Key examples include: severe unrelenting toothache or throbbing pain; knocked-out permanent teeth (highest chance of saving within one hour); chipped or broken teeth with exposed nerves; dental abscesses or gum infections with facial swelling, pus, or fever; lost crowns or fillings causing sharp pain; and uncontrolled oral bleeding. When in doubt, call us — we’ll help you triage over the phone.

Our Costa Mesa office is approximately 10 to 15 minutes from most Newport Beach neighborhoods. We are located at 488 E 17th St. Suite A-101, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 — easily accessible via Newport Blvd from Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, and Balboa Island. We accept new patients in emergencies with no prior appointment history. Call (949) 312-6143 and we will prioritize getting you seen as quickly as possible.

Act immediately — time is the most critical factor. Handle the tooth only by the crown (never the root) and rinse it gently with clean water if it’s dirty. If possible, try to gently reinsert it into the socket. If you can’t, keep it submerged in milk or clean saliva and get to a dentist within one hour. A knocked-out tooth that is reimplanted within 60 minutes has the best chance of being saved. Call us at (949) 312-6143 immediately.

Hospital emergency rooms are not equipped to perform dental procedures — they do not have dentists on staff and cannot fill cavities, perform root canals, pull teeth, or repair broken crowns. What the ER can do is prescribe antibiotics for spreading infections, administer pain medication, treat lacerations and uncontrolled bleeding, and provide referrals to emergency dentists. If you experience uncontrollable bleeding, severe facial swelling spreading to your neck, or difficulty breathing or swallowing, go to the ER immediately. Otherwise, call our Costa Mesa office for same-day dental emergency care.

A dental abscess is a pocket of infection — typically caused by untreated decay, a cracked tooth, or advanced gum disease — that produces a buildup of pus at the root of the tooth or in the gum tissue. Symptoms include intense throbbing pain, swelling of the face or jaw, fever, and sometimes a foul taste from the draining abscess. Abscesses are serious because the infection can spread to the jawbone, neck, or bloodstream if left untreated. They require professional drainage and either root canal therapy or extraction to eliminate the infection source. Call us immediately if you suspect an abscess.