Emergency and walk-in dental care in Singapore
In pain, swollen, bleeding, or you have broken a tooth. We keep same-day emergency slots at all six clinics and we take walk-ins at every one of them, so you can be seen today.
You can walk in to any of our clinics during opening hours without an appointment. Messaging first is still quicker, because we will tell you which clinic can see you soonest and roughly what it will cost before you travel.
One number and one WhatsApp line covers all six clinics, so you do not need to work out which one to try.
First, is this a dentist or a hospital?
Most dental problems are for us. A few are not, and those can get dangerous quickly. Check this before you travel.
We can treat this today
- Severe toothache, especially pain that wakes you at night
- A broken, chipped or cracked tooth
- A knocked-out or pushed-out tooth
- A lost filling or crown
- Wisdom tooth pain and swelling around the gum
- Pain or bleeding after an extraction
- A broken denture, or one rubbing the gum raw
- A brace wire digging into your cheek
If it is keeping you awake or stopping you eating, treat it as urgent.
This needs a hospital, not a dentist
- Swelling in the face, mouth or neck that makes it hard to breathe or swallow
- Bleeding that will not stop after 20 minutes of firm pressure
- A blow to the face with a suspected broken jaw
- Any loss of consciousness after an injury
- Swelling with a fever, or swelling that is spreading quickly
Go to the nearest A and E, or call 995. Do not wait for a dental appointment.
A knocked-out tooth is a race
This is the one dental emergency where minutes genuinely matter. An adult tooth that is back in its socket within the hour has a real chance of surviving. After a few hours, very little chance. Here is exactly what to do.
Right away
Pick it up by the crown
Hold the white chewing part, never the root. The root surface carries the cells that let it reattach.
Under 10 seconds
Rinse only if dirty
Milk or saline, briefly. Never tap water, and never scrub, scrape or wrap it in tissue.
Within minutes
Put it back, or into milk
Push it gently into the socket and bite on a clean cloth. If you cannot, drop it in a cup of milk.
Within the hour
Get to a dentist
Message us on the way so a chair is ready when you arrive. Bring the tooth even if it looks damaged.
One exception: do not try to reimplant a child's baby tooth. Pushing it back can damage the adult tooth forming above it. Bring your child in and we will check what is underneath.
What to do before you reach us
Whatever has happened, the aim is the same: keep it clean, keep it protected, and do not make it worse on the way in.
When we are open, and what happens at night
Monday to Friday, 10am to 7pm. Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Sunday and public holidays by appointment. We hold same-day slots for emergencies and we take walk-ins at every clinic, so within these hours you can be seen today either way.
We do not run an after-hours service. There is no night line and no on-call dentist, so please do not sit in pain waiting for a reply at 2am. Messages sent after we close are answered first thing when we open, and people in pain go to the front of that queue. If you cannot wait until morning, or you have any of the hospital signs above, go to a hospital A and E department.
What it costs
An emergency visit starts with a consultation and, where needed, an X-ray, so we can see what is actually going on before doing anything. You get a written fee for the treatment before it starts, and nothing is added without you agreeing to it first.
Where to find us
Six clinics, five in Singapore and one in Kuala Lumpur, every one beside an MRT station. Message us first and we will send you to whichever can see you soonest, rather than whichever is nearest.
Do not wait it out
Dental pain that settles on its own has usually not gone away. A nerve that dies stops hurting for a while, and the infection carries on quietly underneath. The cheapest version of almost every dental problem is the early one, so if something has changed in your mouth this week, get it looked at this week.