A broken tooth may be a dental emergency, depending on the severity of the fracture. A minor fracture that isn’t causing pain can likely wait to be treated until you can schedule an appointment during regular office hours.
However, if a fracture is accompanied by significant pain or bleeding or impairs your chewing ability, you should contact your emergency dentist in Florissant as soon as possible.
Another situation where a broken tooth is a dental emergency is if it becomes loose or the fracture is so extensive we can’t restore it with a filling or dental crown. In this case, we will likely need to extract the tooth.
How Tooth Breaks and Fractures Occur
A broken tooth can result from trauma, such as an injury to the mouth during sports. You can also break a tooth by biting down on something hard, like a popcorn kernel or crusty bread. You may also have existing cracks in the tooth that weaken and cause it to break.
If you break a tooth, it’s important to find and save any pieces of the tooth that you can and rinse your mouth with warm water to keep it clean.
Broken Tooth Repair in Florissant, MO
Dr. Sarah Spring is an experienced dentist who repairs broken teeth and restores them to full health and function. If you have a broken tooth and are experiencing pain, please call us so we can help you.
If your broken tooth results from trauma and you experience significant bleeding or injury to your jaw, please go to the emergency room. The doctors there will stabilize your situation, and then we can treat the broken tooth.