Randall LaFrom, DDS Advanced Technology Dental Care Center of Cupertino 20445 Pacifica Drive, Suite B Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 996-8595 PH (408) 996-3925 FAX randy@club2000.com

We are open the following hours currently: Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm Friday By appt. only Sat./Sun. closed If you have any questions regarding your DENTAL INSURANCE Please contact Dawn at our office. (She is in the office Monday through Thursday 8:00am - 5:15pm) If you have a dental emergency, you may call the main office number at 408-996-8595 and leave a message after-hours. The service will page the Doctor and we will generally try to get back to you as soon as possible. What is not an urgent dental emergency? A temporary crown popping off, for usually in most cases you can simply clean it out, dry it and replace it back on the tooth again. Also, if the temporary filling material placed on the top of a root canal treated tooth, tends to wash out, that would not be an urgent concern. As long as the tooth is not swollen, and there is some cotton inside the tooth, you should be fine until your next visit. In addition, a small chip in a tooth is generally not an urgent treatment needed. What IS a dental emergency? A fractured tooth that exposes the nerve. An orthodontic wire that has popped off and is poking into the tissues. Bleeding or swelling more than four-six hours after an extraction (call us to see if it's normal.) If you have pain that lasts for more than two days, you should absolutely call the office to see if that was to be expected. If you have physical pain that lasts for more than 48 hours, you should always contact us. A knocked out tooth should be seen within an hour always for the best results of reimplantation. Any swelling that causes your cheek to swell such that your eye gets puffy, or if the lymph nodes under your jaw swell up causing a large bump in the cheek...these should be looked at immediately. Any filling or crown that is sore after it is done and that soreness doesn't go away after three days, or especially if it gets a swelling, should be told the doctor.