We were taught when we were young, to take care of our teeth and have it checked at least twice a year or every six months. Now, sometimes even if we are diligent with our dental health by brushing and flossing everyday and visiting our dentist regularly, we need to have emergency dental help. With our regular dentists, we'd have no problem, but what if the emergency forced you to visit another dentists other than your regular one?
Here's something to think about, let's say that you are on vacation or a business trip, many miles from home. Then suddenly, you feel a pain so excruciating, that you cannot even think or see straight. After a few consultations with friends and colleagues, the problem was obvious. You need to have a wisdom teeth removal procedure done. However, with the pain and your proximity from your regular dentist, that being a thousand miles away, you cannot wait to have the offending tooth removed.
No problem right? But say the part of the world you are in, you know nothing about and you have no idea which dentist to visit. What do you do? Would you go ahead and visit the first one you find on the yellow pages? Or do you try to seek out the most experienced and trustworthy dental hygienist around? The answer is obvious of course, choose the experienced one. But what are the dangers of choosing just some hack fresh out of medical school? Even if he or she is not a hack, but the class valedictorian of their dental school, the spectre of inexperience looms like a dark cloud. Now what?
For the purpose of this article, let's say you opted to go with the more inexperienced dentist. What can possibly go wrong then with this hasty decision? To start, let's say the one you chose is fresh out of college. Most likely then, he or she won't have all the necessary tools to help you. Then, with their relative newness to the game, the chances are also high that the dentist has never performed a wisdom teeth removal procedure before. Also, and this is much more scary, when it come to the administering of anesthesia, what are the chances he or she would give you too much, or too little? Risks all, and I'm sure there are more. Would you risk your teeth, and possibly even your life in the hands of an inexperienced dentist? I'm sure you won't, but thus are the consequences of choosing without thinking.
Now, the choice becomes all the more clear. When it comes to your dental health, no matter how dire your situation may be, it is best to choose the more experienced dentist at all times. In emergencies like needing wisdom teeth removal or gum disease treatment, you must choose the best dental hygienist that is available. Caring for your teeth shows in the way you take care of it and in the choosing of a dentist. Just like with a medical emergency, say surgery, wouldn't you want the best surgeon to do the job? Same with your teeth, isn't choosing the best dentist available the right choice? No matter the emergency, no matter you financial standing, always choose the best.
