Can you go to casualty with toothache?!!

[erin-x]

I'm in agony........

[boxtops]

I don't know where you live, erin, but if you ring your own dentist, their answerphone message should tell you what to do in case of emergency. We have an on-call service about 20 miles away.

Have you got any clove oil - if you put that on the tooth, that might help.

Certainly don't go to casualty, they won't be able to help and it's not what it's for - this is very painful I know, but it's not an emergency.

[DrFilth]

em please read my post again i did not say rich so please do not twist things round i said >> one life for those with money <<

when you struggle to make ends meet each month how do you expect that person to pay out for some medical ailment

[kornat]

Definitely no.....take pain killers and contact emergency dentist asap.
A&E stands for Accident and Emergency ...a toothache is neither.

[Sqad]

kornat...EXCELLENT advice.

[rowanwitch]

Erin as soon as the chemist opens get some better pain killers cocodamol or paramol as they have a bit of dihydrocodeine in as well as ibuprofen and some anaesthetic dental gel with 10% benzocaine to get you through today... then wait on your dentists doorstep tomorrow and ask for an emergency appt say you are willing to wait all day if necessary.

[DrFilth]

from the newspaper link i have posted

>> New figures show Manchester is still one of the hardest places in the country to access dental care - with 400 people forced to go to A&E as a last resort for treatment last year. <<

[JonnyBoy12]

I am fed up to the back teeth with questions like this.

Seriously though, you can, as that is what they are there for. I would not call for an ambulance though, as you should go there under your own steam.

[erin-x]

Well i'm so sorry Jonny... you have clearly never experienced agonising toothache....