Oral and maxillofacial emergency service

Examples of oral and dental emergencies include the following:

• Suspected facial fracture or broken jaw
• Increasing swelling, redness and pain
• Difficulty opening the mouth (mouth opens by less than two finger-widths between the upper and lower incisors)
• Difficulty breathing or swallowing (patients with a high risk of infection)
• Heavy, persistent bleeding due to injury, a medical procedure or an unknown reason that cannot be stopped by compression

When our out-of-hours clinics are closed, please also seek urgent medical attention in the following circumstances:

• Dental trauma that has caused a tooth to become detached or clearly displaced 
• Baby tooth trauma if the upper and lower teeth do not meet when the mouth is closed 
• Bleeding from the mouth following tooth extraction or some other procedure that has not stopped after two hours despite following instructions received from the Medical Helpline (tel. 116 117)​
• Jaw dislocation
• Increasing swelling, redness or pain, difficulty opening the mouth (mouth opens by less than two finger-widths between the upper and lower incisors) or difficulty swallowing

Our Emergency Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is based at Töölö Hospital.

In non-urgent cases, please contact our centralised oral health helpline or use our online customer service. 

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