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The dentist will probably do a couple fillings for now and then a crown when the braces are off. The nerve may be exposed in the badly broken tooth. If that's the case a root canal will be done as well. Your teeth are fixable! Sincerely, Dr. Reiser
Normally during orthodontics, not much can/should be done. In this case, the braces likely prevented WORSE damage.However, the chipped part needs fixing. Tips of teeth are hard to fix (will likely break off easily) so be patient. After the braces are off, veneers or crowns can be placed, and root canal therapy may be needed as well (if root canals are needed, that CAN be done during the braces treatment).
Hi from Richmond Hill! I would take the easy way out and just leave the tooth alone. No one really sees this but you. Doing a crown or Veneer and taking the tooth down would not be necessary and you loose most of your natural tooth. Just be careful and try not to bang any fork...
A chip is most often fixed with a filling, at worst a veneer or crown. Since it doesn't hurt, the nerve likely isn't involved which would require a root canal. When teeth get fixed before they hurt, it costs less to fix.
It sounds like tooth #30 wouldn't be worth fixing by your description. Seeing an x-ray would be helpful, or even a picture. 'Heroic dentistry' could possibly patch it up for a while, but it wouldn't last and you'd be in the same position having to get it extracted.If the tooth is not able to be...
It is true that your remaining tooth piece will either work itself out. Or, it will heal over with bone. There is no harm leaving a small fractured piece of tooth. In fact, trying to get that piece out can push it up into the sinus, which is then a much bigger problem!
I agree with the doctor answers below. It sounds like your tooth is now fractured. Temporary material is weak. Even if the tooth had a filling it could have fractured because the tooth becomes brittle after a root canal.
I would agree with Dr Borowski overall--I tell my patients if God's dentistry doesn't last forever mine will not either--that said, a porcelain crown if that is what you have should give you years of service unless there is severe clenching or grinding causing it to flex and crack--hope this...