Emergency clinic for oral diseases

In the emergency services outside the office hours of oral health care, we serve the residents of the municipalities of the Helsinki metropolitan area (Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen, and Vantaa) as well as the residents of Kirkkonummi, Sipoo, Kerava, and Porvoo on weekday evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

Emergency Services for Oral Diseases on evenings and weekends are arranged at Haartman Hospital. The visiting address is Haartmaninkatu 4, building 12.

Click here to access the web page for Haartman Hospital’s Emergency Services for Oral Diseases and Dental Care.

Health care services for oral diseases outside office hours are intended for all our patients in need of urgent emergency care. The urgency of the need for treatment is assessed on the phone.

You can seek emergency dental care by calling the appointment booking number 09 471 71110. Please always call before seeking treatment at the emergency care services.

On weekday evenings, appointments can be booked between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
On Saturdays, Sundays and mid-week holidays, appointments can be booked between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Our night-time emergency care for oral diseases operates between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. at Töölö Hospital’s Emergency Department in connection with the emergency unit for oral and maxillofacial surgery at Töölönkatu 40, 00260 Helsinki.

Click here to access the website of the emergency department for oral and maxillofacial surgery.

The night-time emergency service only treats patients in need of immediate care whose treatment cannot be postponed due to medical reasons to take place in primary health care services during the day or evening on the next day from 8:00 a.m. onwards. The night-time emergency care for oral diseases operates according to a principle of medical urgency.
 
Before seeking treatment, please call 040 621 5699.

Cases requiring immediate care are treated at the oral and maxillofacial surgery unit at the Töölö Hospital Emergency Department.

Click here to access the website of the emergency department for oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Situations requiring immediate treatment are:

• Suspected facial​ and jaw fracture
• Dental trauma in which a tooth has become detached or has clearly moved. 
• An accident involving a primary tooth where the teeth cannot be clenched together. 
• Bleeding from the mouth after a tooth extraction or other procedure which will not stop within two hours by means of instructions received from Medical Helpline. Medical Helpline, tel. 116 117​
• Increasing swelling, redness and pain, limited opening of the mouth (width between upper and lower incisors is less than two fingers), difficulty in swallowing. 
• Dislocation of the temporomandibular joint (dislocated jaw)

Cases requiring urgent care are treated at the evening and weekend emergency services for oral diseases.

Click here to access the web page for Haartman Hospital’s Emergency Services for Oral Diseases and Dental Care.

Situations requiring urgent treatment are: 

• ​Suspected fractures of the face and jaw
• Dental trauma
• An accident involving a primary tooth where the teeth cannot be clenched together. 
• A broken, permanently fitted orthodontic device that is causing sharp pain, and the pain cannot be alleviated by using chewing gum or orthodontic wax. Or the sharp pain caused by the orthodontic device has resulted in bleeding which cannot be stopped by applying compression (also at night if necessary) 
• Bleeding from the mouth after a tooth extraction or other procedure which will not stop within two hours by means of instructions received from the Medical Helpline. Medical Helpline, tel. 116 117
• Severe pain that does not respond to pain relief medication. 
• Increasing swelling, redness and pain, limited opening of the mouth (width between upper and lower incisors is less than two fingers), difficulty in swallowing. 
• General symptoms associated with dental and oral diseases (e.g. fever)
• A symptom of the jaw joint where the mouth will not open or close 
• A chipped tooth with any of the following symptoms: swelling, limited opening of the mouth, or pain relief medication will not alleviate the pain
• Dentures have caused a painful pressure sore. 
• A large appearance-disturbing chip in an incisor, and the problem cannot wait. 
• Suspicion of oral cancer, such as an incurable ulceration of the oral mucous membrane.

Cases that do not require emergency first aid are treated in primary health care of your municipality.

Situations that do not require urgent emergency treatment:

• ​Mild pain alleviated by pain medication
• Shooting pain when exposed to hot or cold
• A chipped tooth or filling
• Problems with prosthesis or detachable orthodontic devices
• Dental prosthesis has suddenly become unsuitable