Dental Emergency Care: Better Safe than Sorry

Have you seen the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away where the main character has a toothache but says he’ll go to the dentist when he gets back from a business trip? If you’ve seen it, you know that the guy ends up stranded on a remote island after his plane crashes. When his toothache evolves into a massive painful infection, he decides to knock out his own tooth with the blade of an ice skate using a coconut as a hammer! Yikes! Going to see Dr. Martin or Dr. Taylor for emergency care seems like a much better option, don’t you think? … Continue reading