I'm 18, and when I was 10, I tripped at the bowling alley, then fell into a chair, so I went to the dentist and they glued it back on. Months later, ice fell on the tooth and broke it. Back to dentist. Then I went to get braces when I was 15, and the orthodontist broke it again, then lost the broken piece, so I had to get half a fake tooth. They didn't put a cap on it or anything, and it's progressively getting worse. I'm getting pretty self conscious about it, any advice? Thank you in advance.
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Root canal teeth are brittle.They tend to fracture over time if they have not been covered with a crown. At this point, it looks like you need a post in the tooth, a build up around the post, and a porcelain crown to restore this tooth to smile status. The cost should be a little more than you ...
Any heroic effort to save a tooth will ultimately fail and can cost quite a bit. While waiting for it to fail again you can have significant collateral damage, costing MUCH more in time, money, and adjacent teeth. The best solution is normally an implant, but a bridge may be a good choice as w...
Since the x-ray showed that the nerve was not affected by the fracture, bonding would be a good option. Since the front of your mouth is a "high traffic area," where you bite into food, there will always be a risk that the bonding could fail---But most bonded fillings in the front of the mouth ...