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How Common is It for a Molar to Break (Shatter) After Replacing a Filling?

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Went in to have a very old and damaged ( there was a hole in it) filling replaced on my bottom L molar. After filling was completed and I was leaving the office I bit down and my a chunk of my tooth came out. Dds took pics and said there must have been a deep fracture he had not seen and that the tooth could not support the filling. I had to have a crown put on. Wouldn't it have shown on an X-ray? How common or likely is this to happen?? It was certainly terrifying.

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