Region of Southern Denmark Dental Emergency Service

Phone number:

99 44 08 09

Emergency dental issues may arise at any hour, frequently occurring beyond the operational hours of your primary dental care provider.

You can find information regarding:

- When and where to seek assistance if you experience acute dental problems.

- When you should seek an emergency dentist or dental emergency service.

When should you contact a dentist?

  • What can you do yourself?

  • Toothache, dental pain, and swollen gums can often be relieved with over-the-counter painkillers.

  • Contact your dentist tomorrow

  • If your toothache cannot be relieved with over-the-counter painkillers. Read more about toothache.
  • If you have or think you have broken a tooth. Read more about dental injuries.
  • If you have the feeling of a 'pimple' at the gum line and yellow pus is oozing out. Read more about tooth abscess.
  • If you have lost a filling, a crown, or a dental bridge.
  • If your child has injuries to their baby teeth. Read more about dental injuries.

  • Contact an emergency dentist or dental emergency service

  • If you have knocked out one or more teeth. Read more about dental injuries.
  • If after a blow or a fall, you have an uneven bite and find it difficult to bite together as usual.
  • If you suspect you have a tooth abscess with fever and/or swelling extending towards the neck or up towards the eye, read more about tooth abscess.
  • If your child has knocked out one of their permanent teeth. Read more about dental injuries.
  • In case of swelling or bleeding in the throat, contact 112.

Contact information for the dental emergency service
  • Phone hours: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from 09 to 12.

Esbjerg - Tandlægevagten, Sct. Joseph

Nørregade 63a, 6700 Esbjerg

Kolding - Tandlægevagten

Sygehusvej 22, 6000 Kolding

Odense - Tandlægevagten

Heden 7, 3. sal, 5000 Odense C

Payment and insurance
  • You pay for treatment at the dental emergency service and at the emergency dentist yourself.
  • Your municipality covers the cost of treatment for children and young people under 22 years old.
  • If you are a member of Sygeforsikringen Danmark, there are varying subsidies for treatment.
  • In case of dental injuries, it's important to report it to your insurance company. It is free to file a claim, and it can be the basis for payment of acute treatment, follow-up care, and any complications later on.