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| Dental emergencies | Urgent dental care | Other urgent dental care |
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| (i) Uncontrolled bleeding | (i) Severe dental pain from pulpal inflammation | (i) Extensive dental caries or defective restorations causing pain |
| (ii) Cellulitis or a diffuse soft tissue bacterial infection with intraoral or extraoral swelling that potentially compromises the patient’s airway | (ii) Pericoronitis or third-molar pain | (ii) Manage with interim restorative techniques when possible (silver diamine fluoride, glass ionomers) |
| (iii) Trauma involving facial bones, potentially compromising the patient’s airway | (iii) Surgical postoperative osteitis, dry socket dressing changes | (iii) Suture removal |
| | (iv) Abscess or localized bacterial infection resulting in localized pain and swelling | (iv) Denture adjustment on radiation/oncology patients |
| | (v) Tooth fracture resulting in pain or causing soft tissue trauma | (v) Denture adjustments or repairs when function impeded |
| | (vi) Dental trauma with avulsion/luxation | (vi) Replacing temporary filling on endo-access openings in patients experiencing pain |
| | (vii) Dental treatment required prior to critical medical procedures | (vii) Snipping or adjustment of an orthodontic wire or appliances piercing or ulcerating the oral mucosa |
| | (viii) Final crown/bridge cementation if the temporary restoration is lost, broken, or causes gingival irritation | |
| | (ix) Biopsy of abnormal tissue | |
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