Pain that painkillers no longer touch usually means the nerve is inflamed or infected. An X-ray and a same-night root canal or nerve dressing stops it, rather than waiting it out for three more days.
Barsha Heights, Dubai
Dental
Emergency
24/7
Severe toothache at 2am, a tooth broken an hour before a flight, swelling that will not wait until Sunday. Dr. Ahmed Sarhan answers the phone himself and opens the clinic for you. Call first and you are given a time, so you are treated on arrival rather than waiting. Most patients are seen within the hour.
What counts as
an emergency
If it is keeping you awake, it is an emergency. These are the cases treated most often through the night. If yours is not on the list, call anyway: the phone is answered by the dentist, not a reception desk.
A fracture exposes dentine and nerve, so it hurts on air and cold and gets worse fast. Smoothed, sealed and rebuilt the same visit, so you can eat and fly without it catching.
The one true clock-race in dentistry. Keep the tooth in milk or saliva, never scrub the root, and call immediately: replanted within the hour it often survives, and the odds fall away sharply after that.
Swelling around the jaw or under the eye is an infection with somewhere to spread, and it is the one symptom that should never wait for morning. Drainage, antibiotics and a plan the same night.
Bring the crown if you still have it: it can often be re-cemented in one short visit. Otherwise the tooth is protected with a temporary the same night so the edge stops cutting your tongue.
Pressure at the back of the jaw, difficulty opening, a bad taste. Cleaned, irrigated and settled tonight, with the extraction planned properly for later rather than rushed at 3am.
Before you arrive,
do this
General first aid for the most common dental emergencies in Dubai. It buys you time, it does not replace treatment. Call +971 58 505 8058 first and you will be told what to do for your case.
Pick it up by the crown, never the root. Do not scrub it, do not use disinfectant. Put it in milk, or hold it inside your cheek, and call immediately. Replanted within the hour a tooth often survives, and the odds fall away sharply after that. This is the one dental emergency that is a genuine race against the clock.
Call straight away, whatever the hour. Swelling around the jaw, under the eye, or that makes swallowing difficult is an infection with somewhere to spread, and it is the one symptom that should never wait for morning. Do not apply heat to the area. Do not try to burst it.
Take whichever over-the-counter painkiller you normally take, following the packet. Hold a cold compress against the outside of the cheek, not against the tooth. Sleep propped up rather than flat, since lying down raises the pressure in the tooth. Avoid very hot or very cold drinks. If the pain no longer responds to painkillers, the nerve is usually involved and it needs treating tonight.
Rinse with warm water and keep any fragment. If the broken edge is cutting your tongue or cheek, cover it with a piece of sugar-free chewing gum or dental wax until you are seen. Do not chew on that side.
Keep the crown and bring it, as it can often be re-cemented in one short visit. Never use superglue: it contaminates the fitting surface and usually turns a simple re-cement into a new crown.
Fold clean gauze or a cotton handkerchief, place it over the socket and bite down firmly for twenty minutes without checking it. Most bleeding settles this way. If it soaks through after a second attempt, call.
Close to
most of Dubai
The clinic is on Al Seef Street in Barsha Heights, next to Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, which is why patients reach it quickly from across the city at night when the roads are empty.
- Barsha Heights & TECOMOn the doorstep
- Dubai Internet City & Media CityAbout 5 min
- Al Barsha & Dubai HillsAbout 10 min
- Jumeirah Lakes TowersAbout 10 min
- Dubai Marina & JBRAbout 15 min
- Jumeirah Village CircleAbout 15 min
- Al QuozAbout 15 min
- Business Bay & DowntownAbout 20 min
- Palm JumeirahAbout 20 min
- Deira & Bur DubaiAbout 25 min
Times are a guide for a clear run at night. Call before you set off and you will be given a time, so you are treated on arrival rather than waiting.
From your call
to out of pain
No triage line, no callback queue, no app. Three steps, most of them finished inside ninety minutes.
-
01
You call, the dentist answers
Any hour. Dr. Sarhan takes the call himself, asks what you are feeling and tells you straight away whether you need to come in now or can safely sleep. Advice on the phone to get you through the drive is normal.
Within minutes -
02
You are seen, not queued
You are given a time and the clinic in Barsha Heights is opened for you, so there is no queue behind another patient. Digital X-ray, examination and a plain explanation of what is actually wrong before anything is started, along with the cost.
Usually under an hour -
03
You leave without the pain
The emergency is resolved that night, whether that is a root canal, a drainage, a rebuild or an extraction. Anything that should be done properly later is planned, not sold to you at 3am.
Same visit
Dr. Ahmed
Sarhan
Over twenty years in practice across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, working in general, cosmetic and emergency dentistry with a specialism in endodontics.
The 24/7 line is not a call centre. It rings his phone. That is why patients describe getting an answer at 9:40pm and sitting in the chair by 10:35pm, and why so many of the reviews below are written by people who were on holiday, in transit, or three hours from a flight.
The approach is the same at midnight as at midday: find out what is actually wrong, explain it in plain language, fix what needs fixing now, and be honest about what does not.
- Focus
- Endodontics, emergency and cosmetic dentistry
- Practised in
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Where to
find us
Ground floor, inside the 24 Hours Coffee building on Al Seef Street. Parking directly outside, and it is quiet at night. Call before you set off.
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1 Al Seef Street
Al Thanyah First, Barsha Heights
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inside the 24 Hours Coffee building. Plus code 35WG+58 Dubai.
On call 24 hours, seven days a week
including public holidays
Answered by the dentist, day and night. Appointment needed, so call before you come.
Frequently asked
questions
Yes. The clinic runs a genuine 24-hour emergency service and the number rings Dr. Sarhan directly. If you are in pain in the middle of the night, call. That is what the line is for.
Yes, always call first. This is an on-call emergency service, not a walk-in clinic. Calling means Dr. Sarhan gives you a time and is ready when you arrive, instead of you sitting for an hour while another patient is finished. You still get seen the same night.
Most emergency patients are in the chair within the hour, often sooner. Reviewers describe calling around 9:40pm and being treated by 10:35pm, and being fitted in a few hours before a flight.
Everything is priced before treatment starts, after the examination and X-ray.
- ConsultationAED 500
- X-rayAED 175 to 550
- Emergency appointment, all inAED 1,500 to 2,500
The range exists because a nerve dressing and a full root canal are not the same job. Where your case sits is explained to you before anything is started.
The clinic works on a reimbursement basis: you pay at the visit and claim it back from your insurer. A full itemised invoice is always provided for the claim. Whether it is covered depends on your own policy, so check with your insurer.
Pick it up by the crown, never the root. Do not scrub or disinfect it. Put it in milk, or hold it in your cheek, and call immediately. Replanted within the hour the tooth often survives, and the chances drop steeply after that.
Yes, WhatsApp a photo and you will get an honest answer about whether it needs tonight or can wait for a normal appointment.
English and Arabic.
Not an
emergency?
For check-ups, cosmetic work or a second opinion, leave your details and you will get a reply. If you are in pain right now, do not use this form: call.
+971 58 505 8058Open 24 hours, answered by the dentist.
Still awake
because of a tooth?
Call +971 58 505 8058
Dr. Ahmed Sarhan answers personally, any hour of the night.