Whether you chew on ice or any other hard object, there is a risk of getting your tooth cracked or chipped. It surely doesn’t sound very good, and you would feel the anxiety growing inside you because you would just have lost your one of the best features; i.e. you bright and nice smile. But, it’s no big thing to worry about. Today, there are tooth repairing options which can help you get your chipped, broken, cracked or entirely lost tooth restored nicely.
Reasons for the
broken or chipped teeth
There can be numerous reasons for the teeth to get broken or
chipped. For instance, playing football without wearing braces on teeth or
chewing on hard objects such as ice or pencil can result in teeth getting brown
or chipped. Teeth can also get broken due to damaged enamel. When the enamel is
damaged, it exposes the porous and weaker side of the tooth. Hence, very little
force is required to break that vulnerable tooth.
Types of cracked teeth
There are different types of cracked teeth.
- Craze lines: Craze lines are the minor cracks which only affect the outer enamel at very small extent. However, these craze lines are of no big concerns apart from the way they may look.
- Fractured Cup: Sometimes, a small part from chewing surface may break and fall. This issue is also not something to worry about as it heals by itself over time.
- Cracked Teeth: This one is severe. Cracked tooth means that tooth has a vertical crack which starts from the chewing surface and runs towards the root. If this problem is left untreated for long time, it can get worse by progressing towards the tooth loss. It also involves severe pain in tooth.
There are some treatments for the chipped, cracked or broken
teeth. Let’s discuss them briefly.
1. Dental bonding
Dental bonding is a painless process of repairing several
types of chipped, broken or cracked teeth. It involves roughening of some part
of the tooth by removing enamel. That part gets ready to take a hold of the
putty that applied to repair the breakage or crack. After the application of
this composite material, an ultraviolet light applied to harden the composite.
This composite is then polished to make look like and shine like the natural
tooth.
2. Veneers
Veneers are used to cover the front surface of damaged
teeth. Veneers do not only change the way tooth may look but it also restores
the functionality by tightly covering the cracks.
3. Crowns
Crowns are very much like the veneers. The only difference
is that the crowns are made to cover the entire teeth. Crowns may be stronger
because they are complete structures made of hard porcelain. These are usually
applied to the teeth which are not on the front.
