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Dental Emergencies

Dr. Kara Bagdan is available for current patients at all hours for dental emergencies. You can reach her at 587-966-0906. 

Please respect that this is her personal cell phone number, and not a designated on-call dentist. 

You can call or text, and please text a photo of the issue if you can. If you cannot reach her, please visit the Banff Mineral Springs hospital’s ER. Please read the following to determine if you are having a dental emergency:

Please call 587-966-0906 or visit the nearest hospital’s ER for the following reasons:

  • Pain that is not helped by an over-the-counter pain medication (Advil, Tylenol, etc.), and is so severe that it would prevent you from sleeping.
  • Acute swelling that causes difficulty breathing, is rapidly growing, feels hot to the touch, or affected area looks shiny and tight.
  • Teeth that are knocked out entirely or knocked out of place.
  • Bleeding that will not stop.
 

You may call 587-966-0906, but try to avoid calling between 8:00 PM and 7:00 AM:

  • Broken tooth immediately before a big event that would be ruined if you were seen with a broken tooth (wedding, birthday, etc.)
  • Pain that is not severe, but uncomfortable enough that cannot wait until the next open office hours.
  • Recent dental treatment at Bite that you have questions or concerns about that cannot wait until the next office hours.
 

Please wait until next open office hours:

  • Broken tooth that is not causing pain.
  • A filling that has fallen out.
  • A filling that is sensitive to temperature or biting.
  • A question that is not immediately urgent.
  • Have already been seen at the hospital’s ER.
  • Anything else that does not fit in the above categories.
 

There may be a $125.00 fee for non-current patients or inappropriate after-hours calls. Services rendered will be subject to our normal fees additionally. Non-current patients will be subject to a $50.00 fee if a medication is prescribed over the phone call. Current patients will never be subject to these additional fees if using the after-hours service appropriately.