oh god help me dentist

January 3, 2008 2:55 PM

Oh god part of my tooth fell off and the university dentist is closed. Where can I get emergency dental care in Montreal, Quebec?

I'm a student at McGill University and, this morning, after eating a frozen granola bar, part of my front left bottom tooth came off. I wasn't that worried, as this has happened before- when I was an infant, I had some sort of fever that made those two teeth come in without enamel, and crude early enamel applications eventually broke off, taking with them the rest of the tooth. It doesn't really hurt, but it is sensitive, really creepy and more and more of it is coming off.
The University dental center is closed until the 7th, as were most dentists I called. Are there any, like, emergency dentists, someone who could see me tomorrow?

posted by 235w103 to health & fitness (10 comments total)

In addition- any advice as to what I shouldn't do, i.e. eat bagels?
posted by 235w103 at 2:56 PM on January 3, 2008

Apologies if you have already tried this, but university medical/dental centres often leave the number of an emergency contact. In fact, I know that doctors here in BC are required to do so. I imagine dentists have to give you some sort of referral. Failing that, you might try an urgent care clinic or walk-in clinic. They could give you an emergency referral, which would probably mean this could be covered by Quebec medical. IANAD or anything like that.
posted by acoutu at 3:05 PM on January 3, 2008

Well, it's your bottom front tooth... I frequently break teeth and have fillings fall out. There is temporary filling kit stuff available, something like this might help. Try your local drugstore, even ask the pharmacist if you can't find it.

IANAD, but let me tell you: chew AWAY from that tooth. Don't drink anything cold. Don't eat anything frozen. Yogurt and soup are your best friends until it gets fixed. Something in that dental kit may at least be spacklable over the wounded tooth; that should cut down on the pain. Be careful brushing. Good luck until you get to the dentist!

oh and DO NOT USE ANBESOL ON IT. Unless you want to scream in pain. (Tried this once and never again.)
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 3:22 PM on January 3, 2008

Call the local CLSC. They will know where to send you as they have lists of health care providers in the area, along with information about which ones are open, accept walk-in patients, etc. If you don't live near downtown, you can use your postal code to look for a CLSC that is closer to you.
posted by ssg at 3:22 PM on January 3, 2008

I had a dental emergency that they treated at the Royal Vic - but that was a few years ago. The Dental Center might be closed for regular appointments but have someone on call for intake via the Emergency facilities. If you're close by I would check it out - and I've had good experiences there on several occasions with respect to the wait time - i.e., it wasn't super long.
posted by mikel at 3:52 PM on January 3, 2008

Honestly, I think that some hospital emergency rooms are set up to handle dental emergencies. Might want to look up the non-emergency telephone number for your closest hospital's ER and call them and ask.
posted by WCityMike at 5:11 PM on January 3, 2008

Here are a couple of walk-in clinics from the Mirror Student Guide, if you can wait until the morning:

Côte-des-Neiges Dental Clinic They prefer you to call first, but you can drop in Wed and Fri 8am–6pm. 3550 Côte-des-Neiges #350, 935-5145

Jewish General Hospital Mon–Fri, 8:30am–12pm and 1pm–4:15pm. 5750 Côte-des-Neiges (east entrance) 340-7910
posted by loiseau at 6:07 PM on January 3, 2008

Oh, and clove oil can help the pain until you get to the dentist. Just put some on a bit of cotton ball and stick it in the gap.
posted by loiseau at 6:09 PM on January 3, 2008

Put the part of your tooth that broke off in a glass of milk until it gets repaired...
posted by KB.Boston_implant.By way of NY at 8:28 PM on January 3, 2008

Crap, I'm several days too late, but there's an emergency dentist that's located here:

Urgence Dentaire de Montreal
210-6898 ave De Lorimier
Montreal, QC H2G 2P9, Canada

[phone]

It's within walkig distance of a metro on the blue line. I went once on a Friday night at 6pm and they were just fantastic. I wanted that doctor as my regular dentist. YMMV.
posted by furtive at 9:45 AM on January 5, 2008