Emergency Dentist in Cary, NC

Urgent Dental Care in South Cary, NC

Millpond Family Dental is on the corner of Ten-Ten Road and Kildaire Farm Road, next to Jersey Mike's and a few minutes from Wake Tech. If you live in Lochmere, Regency Park, Wyndfall, Windermere, Cotswold, or Dutchman Downs, we are the closest dental office for a toothache that won't wait.

Patients also reach us in about ten minutes from Symphony Run, Carcillar Horton, Heatherstone, and the Churchill Estates side of Ten-Ten near the Kraft Family YMCA. From Apex and Holly Springs, take US-1 or Holly Springs Road to Ten-Ten and you'll see the office before the Kildaire Farm Road light.

Toothache relief the same day you call

A tooth that aches when you bite, throbs at night, or reacts to cold for more than a few seconds is telling you something has reached the nerve. Over-the-counter pain medication buys a few hours but doesn't fix the cause.

When you call or text, our front desk finds the next open emergency slot, usually that day. Dr. Harward numbs the area, takes the X-rays, and tells you what he sees. Most toothaches end with a filling, a crown, or a root canal, and the pain is gone before you leave the chair.

Broken tooth repair and lost crowns

We've had a patient come in after hiking at Hemlock Bluffs that stepped wrong, took a spill, and chipped their tooth! Wrap any pieces in a damp paper towel and bring them. Small chips are bonded in a single visit. A crown that popped off is re-cemented if it still fits, and a temporary goes on the same day if it doesn't.

Emergency tooth extraction

Some teeth can't be saved. A vertical crack below the gum line, a wisdom tooth that has turned into an abscess, or a baby tooth blocking the adult tooth behind it all get handled here, not referred across town. We numb the area completely, remove the tooth, and send you home with written aftercare and a follow-up time. If the tooth needs replacing, we talk through a dental implant or bridge once you've healed.

Swelling, abscesses, and infection

Swelling in the cheek or jaw, a bad taste, or a small bump on the gum that drains means an infection is building. Antibiotics alone don't cure it. The tooth has to be treated or removed. Call us the same day, and if it's after hours, text and we'll tell you whether you need the ER tonight or can wait for the morning.

Kids and dental emergencies

A knocked-out baby tooth is not replanted, but a knocked-out adult tooth is a real emergency, and the clock starts the moment it leaves the socket. Keep it in milk, don't touch the root, and call from the car. We see children of all ages for emergency and routine care, and the ceiling TVs in every room do most of the work of keeping a scared seven-year-old still.

What an emergency dental visit costs in Cary

The exam with X-rays is $99 if you don't have insurance. If you do, we file the claim for you and most plans cover emergency exams. Treatment is quoted in writing before we begin, and our in-house membership plan brings the cost down for families without coverage. No one is turned away over paperwork during a dental emergency.

If you are searching for a dentist open now in Cary and reading this on a Monday or a weekend, text (984) 465-1544. A team member checks messages outside office hours and can call in an antibiotic when it's needed until we can see you.