{"id":165,"date":"2015-08-13T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2019-06-30T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T02:27:00","slug":"can-a-cosmetic-problem-be-considered-a-dental-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/can-a-cosmetic-problem-be-considered-a-dental-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a cosmetic problem be considered a dental emergency?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I lost a porcelain veneer. It just fell off while I was on a subway. \u00a0There were too many people in the car to look for it. I&#8217;m pretty sure it was crushed. I called my dentist, but he said losing a veneer is not an emergency and he can&#8217;t see me for a month. \u00a0I don&#8217;t want to go a month with my smile looking like this. Is there anyway a dentist would consider this an emergency and meet me quicker?<\/p>\n<p>Valerie &#8211; Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>Valerie,<\/p>\n<p>There are some dentists, including mainly cosmetic dentists, who would consider this a <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/emergency-dentist.html\">dental emergency<\/a>. You won&#8217;t want to go to any dentist. You want one with a lot of experience in cosmetic procedures, especially porcelain veneers.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy to match a single porcelain veneers to others, so you want to make sure they know what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>I would call around to some of the top cosmetic dentists in your area and see who can get you in as quickly as possible. If you don&#8217;t mind my saying, you need a different dentist. A month is way too long to see a dentist when you need in quickly.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\">Libertyville Dentist<\/a> Dr. David Potts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lost a porcelain veneer. It just fell off while I was on a subway. \u00a0There were too many people in the car to look for it. I&#8217;m pretty sure it was crushed. I called my dentist, but he said losing a veneer is not an emergency and he can&#8217;t see me for a month. 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