Costs
The cost of treatment for a chipped incisor depends primarily on the extent of the anterior trauma and the treatment method chosen. If an incisor is only superficially broken off, a filling therapy is usually initiated. The filling material used for this treatment method (usually a synthetic material), as well as the other costs are completely covered by private and public health insurance companies.
If a root canal treatment must be carried out on the broken incisor, the costs incurred are also usually covered by the insurance companies. However, special extensions of the root canal treatment, for example the use of microscopes, require a co-payment by the affected patient. However, anterior trauma can be so severe that the crown of the tooth cannot be saved even with the help of a root canal treatment.
In these cases, the tooth stump remaining in the jawbone can only be used as an anchor for a crown. The costs incurred by this treatment method are partially covered by insurance companies. However, a large proportion of the costs for the adaptation, fabrication and insertion of such a crown must be borne by the patient concerned. In such cases, special supplementary dental insurances usually guarantee full coverage of the difference between the invoice amount and the insurance company’s share.
Broken milk tooth in infants
Especially in small children an incisor that is broken off can be observed quite often. Especially during raving or the first attempts to walk, falls with trauma to the front teeth occur more often. According to the latest statistics, every third to fourth child up to the age of 16 suffers such a dental accident.
In this context, it should also be noted that a milk tooth is usually much more unstable than a permanent tooth. Consequently, even comparatively light violence can cause an incisor to be damaged. If an incisor is broken off in a toddler, a dentist should be consulted.
In many cases, the affected tooth can still be saved. However, if it is a milk tooth, the therapy often consists of removing the tooth. In order to prevent consequential damages, for example an impairment of the not yet broken permanent incisor, the tooth gap must often be kept open.
For this purpose, a removable denture can be made, for example. If only a small part of the incisor is broken off, it can be reattached with a special adhesive. In case of a front trauma of the deciduous tooth, there is usually no need to expect consequential damages.
