Introduction
Thanks to good filling materials, it is becoming increasingly rare nowadays for a filling to break out just like that. Nevertheless, the filling materials suffer from the chewing pressure over time, so no filling lasts forever. The guarantee for a dental treatment is 2 years.
A filling should survive this time. It can happen that the filling has been modelled a bit too high and therefore it is loaded incorrectly. This way a piece of the filling will break out. In addition, caries can develop under a filling, so that the bond between tooth and filling loosens and the filling becomes loose. No matter what the reason is for a filling to loosen or break: you should see your dentist to repair the damage.
Causes of filling loss
Also, breaking through an outer wall of the treated tooth can lead to the loss of the tooth filling (tooth filling has fallen out). Damage to the outer wall of the tooth can occur in the course of overloading or overloading the natural tooth substance. For some patients affected, the repositioning of a filling is not sufficient to provide the tooth with long-term care, a so-called inlay becomes necessary.
Other reasons are so-called filling fractures, i.e. broken fillings, and the loss of the bond between the tooth substance and the actual filling material. Also the breaking through of the actual filling is usually caused by an overload of individual tooth surfaces, which makes the filling material porous in the long run. Especially very old fillings show signs of wear and tear and a resulting loss of the layer thickness of the filling material, which finally leads to breaking through. In the area of the incisors and canines, fallen out fillings are caused by a loss of the adhesive forces between the tooth substance and the actual filling material. Patients who have lost a filling should make an appointment with their dentist as soon as possible.