You’re catching up with some old friends from high school. You’ve gone out for dinner and drinks, and now you’re all hanging out in your backyard. Someone suggests tossing the old pigskin around. You break out the football and everyone has a great time. At least, until someone tackles you a little too hard. As you stand back up, you feel a searing pain in your mouth. You spit only to realize you’ve knocked out a tooth! This is when you need to call your emergency dentist in Seaport District. Let’s look at what else you need to do, and what happens if the tooth can’t be reattached.

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If you hear a clicking sound every time you open and close your mouth, it probably drives you crazy. You might think you’re experiencing auditory hallucinations, but you’re not. That clicking could easily be a sign of TMJ disorder. What does that mean? What causes TMJ? How can the disorder be treated? Your downtown Boston dentist is here to answer all of your TMJ questions.

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