Same-day care for pain, swelling and broken teeth — including Sundays, at 1455 Broadway in Hewlett.
If you need an emergency dentist, the Five Towns practice to call is DNTL SPOT in Hewlett, NY. Dr. Inessa Murdakhayeva and Dr. Regina Murdakhayeva hold time open every day we are open for urgent cases — sudden tooth pain, swelling, a broken or knocked-out tooth, a lost crown — and will do their best to see you the same day.
In pain right now? Call (516) 226-9160. If you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, have uncontrolled bleeding, or have had serious facial trauma, go to the emergency room or call 911 instead.
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We hold time every day we are open for patients in pain — Sundays included.
An itemized estimate with your insurance applied, before treatment starts.
Dr. Inessa and Dr. Regina treat you themselves, start to finish.
You do not need to diagnose yourself before calling. But these are the situations where an emergency dentist should see you promptly rather than at a routine appointment.
If you are not sure how serious it is, call and describe it. We would far rather talk you through something minor than have you sit at home with a spreading infection. The American Dental Association sets out a similar list.
This is the one genuine race against the clock. Pick the tooth up by the crown — the part you normally see — never by the root. Rinse it gently in milk or saline if it is dirty, without scrubbing and without removing any tissue attached to the root. If you can, put it straight back into the socket and bite gently on a clean cloth to hold it. If you cannot, keep it in milk, or in your own saliva held in the cheek. Do not use tap water for storage. Call us immediately: the chance of saving the tooth is best within about an hour.
Rinse with warm salt water. Hold a cold compress against the outside of the cheek, twenty minutes on and twenty off. Take an over-the-counter pain reliever as directed on the label. Do not put aspirin directly against the gum — it burns the tissue. Do not apply heat to a swollen area.
Save any pieces and bring them. Rinse with warm water, use a cold compress for swelling, and cover a sharp edge with sugar-free gum or dental wax so it stops cutting your tongue. Avoid chewing on that side.
Keep the crown if you have it. Avoid that side, keep the area clean, and call us. Do not glue it back with household adhesive — it is not safe in the mouth and it frequently ruins a crown that could have been re-cemented.
Bite firmly on clean gauze or a folded damp tea bag for twenty to thirty minutes without checking it every two minutes, because lifting the pressure restarts the clot. If heavy bleeding continues after an hour of firm pressure, call us.
Try floss gently. Never use a pin, a needle or anything metal — you will cut the gum or scratch the tooth. If floss does not shift it, leave it and call.
In pain right now?
Call us. We hold same-day time every day we are open, including Sundays.
Not everything needs an emergency dentist, and knowing the difference saves you an anxious evening.
The rule of thumb we give patients: pain that is getting worse, swelling of any kind, or bleeding that will not stop means call now. Everything else can usually wait for a scheduled visit.
A hospital is the right place, immediately, if you have any of the following:
Those signs suggest infection spreading into the tissues of the face and neck, which can compromise the airway. That is a hospital problem, not a dental one, and it is worth acting on quickly rather than waiting to see how the night goes.
For the tooth itself, though, an emergency dentist is the right call. Hospital emergency departments can drain a severe swelling and prescribe antibiotics and pain relief, but they generally cannot treat the tooth that caused it — no root canal, no extraction, no crown. Patients often leave with a prescription and are referred straight back to a dentist, which is why calling us first usually saves a night in a waiting room.
Not sure it counts as an emergency?
Swelling, a knocked-out tooth, or pain that keeps you up — call and we will tell you what to do next.
An emergency dentist has two jobs, in order. The first is to get you comfortable. The second is to fix the cause.
We start with the problem you came in with, not a full examination. Local anesthetic goes in early if you are in pain, so the rest of the appointment is bearable.
A focused examination and an X-ray of the affected area. We are looking for decay, a crack, infection at the root tip, gum involvement, or a failed restoration.
Where an emergency dentist can complete the definitive treatment that day, we do it. Where it cannot — a molar root canal needing more time than the emergency slot allows, for example — we relieve the pressure and pain, place a temporary restoration, and book you back for the full treatment. You never leave in the same pain you arrived in.
Before you go, you get a written plan for what still needs doing and what it costs. Emergencies are stressful enough without a surprise bill afterwards.
Common same-day treatments include draining an abscess, starting or completing a root canal, an extraction, re-cementing a crown, a temporary or permanent filling, and splinting a loosened tooth.
Our emergency dentist examination is a single flat fee, which covers the focused exam and the X-ray needed to work out what is going on. Call and we will tell you the figure before you come in. Treatment is quoted separately once we know what the problem is, and you approve it before we start.
We are a fee-for-service and PPO practice, in network with fourteen plans — Aetna, AlwaysCare, Ameritas, Anthem, Cigna, Delta Dental, GEHA, Guardian, Humana, Lincoln Financial, MetLife, Principal, United Concordia, and United Healthcare. Emergency examinations and X-rays are usually covered like any other diagnostic service. We do not participate in Medicaid or Medicare.
Cost is the reason a lot of people wait, and waiting is what turns a filling into a root canal and a root canal into an extraction. If money is the obstacle, say so when you call — financing options are on our financial information page, our membership plan discounts treatment for uninsured patients, and we would rather find a way to see you than have you sit on an infection.
Most of what we see urgently did not arrive out of nowhere. A few things genuinely reduce the odds.
Worried about the cost of walking in?
The emergency exam is one flat fee, and you get a written estimate before any treatment.
When something goes wrong at nine on a Sunday morning, most people search and call whoever answers. That works, but a few things are worth checking even in a hurry.
Can they actually treat you today? Plenty of practices advertise urgent care and then offer an appointment on Thursday. Ask directly whether they can see you today and what time.
Will a dentist examine you, or a triage line? Some services take the call and route you elsewhere. Ask whether you will be seen at that address.
Do they treat the cause, or only the pain? An emergency dentist who prescribes antibiotics and sends you away has postponed the problem, not solved it. Ask whether they can start a root canal, extract, or re-cement a crown on the day.
Will you get a price before treatment? Urgent appointments are exactly where unexpected bills happen. A good emergency dentist gives you the number first.
What happens afterwards? Emergency treatment is often stage one of two. Ask who completes it and whether you can stay with them if you want to.
We built our urgent care around those five answers: seen today wherever possible, examined by an owner-dentist, cause treated rather than deferred, written costs before we begin, and follow-up here with the same dentist. You are welcome to stay with the practice afterwards, and equally welcome to go back to your own dentist with our notes.
DNTL SPOT is owned and run by two sisters, Dr. Inessa Murdakhayeva and Dr. Regina Murdakhayeva. When you call as an emergency, you are speaking to a practice where the owner-dentist sees you.
Need to be seen today?
Check live openings online, or call and speak to the front desk.
Patients searching for an emergency dentist nearby find us at 1455 Broadway in Hewlett, on the edge of the Five Towns. Patients reach us urgently from Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, North Woodmere, Lynbrook, Far Rockaway, East Rockaway, Atlantic Beach, and Valley Stream — most of them a ten to fifteen minute drive.
An emergency dentist visit does not require you to already be a patient here: we see people who have never been to the practice before, and our new patient resources page covers what to bring. Bring a list of your medications and any tooth fragments in a clean container.
Ready when you are
An emergency dentist cannot help a tooth you never call about, and dental infections do not resolve on their own, and the tooth is always easier to save early. Call (516) 226-9160 or check available times online.
1455 Broadway, Hewlett, NY 11557
(516) 226-9160
Monday & Wednesday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · Sunday 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
