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No doubt! Yes,your tooth can be fixed! The only question is what the "fixing" will entail.If it is just a small chip with minor decay, bonding with an aesthetic resin isall that is required. If the fracture is more extensive, then a veneer or fullcoverage crown may needed. If the decay is deep enough (the lack of pain is notdiagnostic), then a root canal, post and build-up, and crown may be in order.Only, an exam and x-rays from your dentist can determine the extent of theproblem and the solution. Do not wait as the problem will only worsen. The oldadage that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" appliesto most things dental. Good luck!
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.
