Emergency Care
Toothache, broken tooth, lost crown, swelling — call (570) 622-7436 first thing in the morning and we will get you seen the same day in Pottsville.
About Emergency Dentist
A dental emergency is anything that needs care today, not next week — a sharp toothache that's keeping you up, a chipped or broken tooth, a lost crown or filling, a swelling on your jaw or face, an abscess, bleeding that won't stop, or trauma from a fall. The first move is always the same: call (570) 622-7436. The team will triage on the phone, tell you whether to drive in now or take pain control until morning, and get you on the schedule. For most Pottsville patients calling early, we can usually see you the same day. We hold open chair time every weekday for exactly this. Once you're in the chair, the goal is pain relief first, then a clear plan: a temporary crown, a filling, a root canal, or an extraction with a same-day plan to replace the tooth. Whatever follow-up the emergency turns into stays in our office.
Emergency Dentist for patients from Pottsville
For Pottsville patients, the practical advantage is geography. We're three blocks from the courthouse, a few minutes from the hospital, and well within walking distance for a chunk of the borough. That's a real factor when you're hurting. Most Pottsville emergency calls are seen within a few hours of the first phone call, and once the immediate pain is sorted, the follow-up — root canal, crown, extraction with a replacement plan — happens in the same chair, the same week if needed. We don't bounce emergency patients across town for the next step.
We sit on West Market Street, three blocks west of the courthouse, between 6th and 7th.
Why patients drive in for emergency dental care
Why Pottsville patients keep our number saved in their phones for the bad days:
We keep open chair time on the schedule every weekday so a patient calling first thing in the morning with a toothache can be seen before lunch most of the time.
Call (570) 622-7436 and someone on the team will tell you within minutes whether you should drive in now, take pain control until tomorrow, or head straight for an ER. We don't leave you guessing.
Toothaches, infected teeth, broken teeth, lost crowns, abscesses, and surgical extractions all stay in our office. Root canals, implant consults, sedation when needed — handled here.
Whatever the emergency leads to — a filling, a root canal, an implant, a crown — the follow-up care happens in the same chair with the same team, not bounced to a referral.
Hours & Location
Hours
Find us
West Market Family Dental Care
620 W Market Street
Pottsville, PA 17901
Ready when you are
Tell us what's bothering you. We'll lay out every option — plainly — and you decide what comes next.
Other communities
Patients across Schuylkill County come to us for emergency dental care. If you're closer to one of these other communities, the per-city page covers the route and city-specific notes.
More care under one roof
Emergency Dentist is one piece. If a different procedure brought you here, the per-city page for each one is below.