If you have a dental emergency and cannot wait for regular office hours, please call the office number 717-786-3104.
If the office is closed, your call will be forwarded to the Lancaster Medical Bureau and you will be able to speak to an operator. The operator will get you in contact with our doctor.
We have seen teeth in every condition imaginable and are not shocked by anything. We also do not judge AT ALL. We will treat you with compassion and give you your options to make the situation better. Quite often we will take care of the most pressing problems first, then patients return later to get a complete exam.
The best way is to see your dentist for a thorough check-up and evaluation and get any problems addressed before they become more urgent. While the unexpected can happen to anyone, our routine patients who see us regularly for cleanings and checkups have much fewer unexpected problems, and the problems that do come up are usually less severe.
There are good products available over the counter that will help relieve tooth pain. If the pain is severe and lasts more than a day or two it is better to see us so that we can check it out. Sometimes even if the pain goes away, it may be that the nerve has died and is at risk of infection. Sometimes the pain is temporary and goes away on its own too. If you have any doubts, it is better to have it checked.
We do everything from a simple check of something that is concerning a patient to treatment of severe pain and swelling. Treatments may involve extractions (pulling a tooth), root canals, replacing a missing filling, replacing a front tooth, adjusting a bite, applying a desensitizer, removing a popcorn husk from the gums, and just about anything else that might pop up. If you are worried about it, just call us and we will check it out!
We can almost always get you in the same day to address your problem, and if you are in pain we will always address your pain first and foremost.
Dr. Brian T. Burke is a graduate from Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry. He continued his training in all facets of dentistry at Christiana Care's General Practice Residency in Wilmington, DE. He received his bachelor's degree in Biology with a Psychology minor at Penn State University. Dr. Burke met his wife, Stephanie, when he was in dental school and they decided to settle down outside of Philadelphia. Shortly after starting a family, they moved to Chester Springs where they are raising their three little girls.
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