Bonding
If a tooth is broken off, the dentist may be able to reattach it. However, the prerequisite for this type of treatment is that the affected patient locates the fragment, preserves it and hands it over to the dentist treating him. However, many patients report that the broken tooth could not be found or was even swallowed.
In addition, a patient who has had a tooth broken off should see a dentist as soon as possible. The likelihood of being able to reattach the broken tooth fragment is greatly reduced after only a few days. If possible, a broken tooth fragment should be kept in a glass of milk or a special nutrient solution.
Meanwhile, there are also special tooth rescue boxes that can be purchased at the pharmacy. With suitable preservation, the tooth fragment can be stuck to the tooth stump in the jaw for about 24 hours. To glue the tooth, the dentist usually uses a plastic adhesive, which has to be hardened by polymerization.
However, after fixing the tooth, it should be protected for hours to allow the adhesive to cure completely. It must also be remembered that a tooth fragment can only be bonded if the medullary cavity has not been opened. In this case, the tooth nerve usually has to be removed and the root has to be provided with an artificial filling material.
As a rule, after the root canal treatment the aborted tooth is rebuilt using materials containing plastic. In case of large substance loss, it may be necessary to make a crown or partial crown. In general, there are no places where teeth are preferred to break off.
In some cases the tooth as a whole breaks off. In this case, dentistry refers to a complete tooth break-off. Basically, the crown of the tooth is completely separated from the root of the tooth in the jawbone.
In such cases, it is extremely difficult to preserve the tooth, as the pulp and the root fibers are damaged. In such a case, the treatment of the root canal or the removal of the root stump is the method of choice. A tooth can also break off completely on one side only.
If the root fibers are only slightly damaged or not damaged at all, the fragment can be glued on. However, it is not always possible to save an affected tooth. If the corners of the tooth are broken off or small fragments are broken off, the treatment is much easier.
In most cases the fragment is simply stuck on or, in case of fragment loss, replaced by a plastic filling material. In the majority of cases, when a tooth is broken off, it is already filled. In most cases, it is not a piece of the natural tooth substance that breaks off, but only a piece of the filling material.
This is the ideal starting point for the dentist, because the defect can then be easily and quickly repaired by placing a new filling. In general, parts of molars or premolars break off with a higher probability. This is due to the significantly higher stress during mastication.
Biting on a hard candy or bone can already lead to the tooth breaking off. Incisors, on the other hand, rarely break off as a result of an accident, but rather due to dental disease. This is a reason to make an appointment with your dentist as soon as possible and to find out what kind of disease the affected tooth has.
The spread of the disease to other teeth should be avoided urgently.In addition, the unaesthetic appearance of a chipped incisor drives most patients to the dental office quite quickly. The fact is that once a tooth is broken, careful oral hygiene becomes increasingly difficult. Fractured edges have tiny indentations that are almost impossible to reach with the bristles of a toothbrush: a carious defect is often the result. In most cases, a broken incisor can be preserved without problems and can be treated with a plastic filling material, a crown or partial crown.
