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Broken Teeth After Filling. What Are My Options?
One of my molar teeth had filling. When I was eating my teeth broke. One half is left behind. Only half of it is broken. What are the options to save my teeth? But my teeth has a very big filling. I don't have any pain .can I save the rest of the tooth with filling and crown on top of it?
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Broken Teeth After Filling
Very often, dentists place fillings in teeth that are way too big for the remaining tooth structure to handle. The reason is usually a cost-saving approach. The result is that the tooth either breaks, or the filling falls out. Witrhout seeing photos and X-rays, I cannot answer your specific question. It might be able to be saved. It might need root canal, a post, and a crown. If too much tooth is already destroyed, it might have to be extracted and possibly replaced with an implant crown or...
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