Chipped Tooth Treatment – Important Fact and Types of Treatments

A damaged and destroyed tooth can sometimes causes an unbearable pain the individual. It is a best practice to call for dentist health when facing any tooth issues. One of the tooth problem is of chipped tooth, which can either cause pain or discomfort to the patient.

When you have a tooth, which is damaged and lost a portion of its original or natural structure, or the teeth in case have the superficial cracks, then there is a probability that you have chipped teeth. An individual can get chipped tooth by indulging into some physical sports, having a very active lifestyle or due to an encounter with any accident. A very active lifestyle increases the chances of getting encounter with collision with hard surface things which can impact our body parts and even our teeth as well. In most of the scenarios the chipped tooth are not the ones who cause pain to the individual, but it does not mean that it is any less of dental issue, the individual must take care of this issues with equally care as of any other dental issues, as if not take care of efficiently can cause bigger dental problems. And in few cases the individual does not even aware about the issue, until they face or experience any pain at the time of drinking cold beverages or chewing hard food substances.

Based on the extent and type of the issue, the cosmetic dental practitioners offer various types of available and effective chipped tooth treatment options. Though in severe case of chipped tooth, the dental experts initially take some x-rays to understand the problem and the extent of the damage. Then accordingly the dentist will offer the best treatment option to deal with the issue of chipped tooth. Some of the best chipped tooth treatment options offered by Dentist Hoppers Crossing Clinic:

Veneers: This is nothing but a wafer-thin porcelain shell which is placed on the damaged tooth. The cosmetic dental experts initially buff the tooth to make sure that the veneer gets properly fit. The veneers cover the complete tooth and provide a natural looking ceramic mask. Before the final veneer is placed, the individual need to use temporary veneer for some duration. This treatment is a great alternative in case when dental bonding and enamel shaping are not able to restore chipped front tooth.

Dental Bonding: it is a sort of cosmetic dentistry method which use a tooth-colored resin or plastic material and/or bonding material to fill the chip. The tooth is coated using a conditioning liquid, which allows the resin to get placed on it properly. The resin is the then applied and an ultraviolet laser beam is utilized to fixed the coating also. After this the shaping of tooth happens, and the polish is done to provide it natural appearance.

Crowns: A gold crown, all porcelain or the one fused with metal is an effective option when the veneer does not prove to be an adequate option to treat chipped tooth. The cap or crown covers the whole external region of the damaged portion and provides strength to it. The method incorporates taking the impression of the tooth to make a customized crown which perfectly fits. It has performed under local anesthesia, it generally takes 2 dental visits to get the procedure done.

Enamel Shaping: This is generally utilized along with dental bonding, it is a process which reforms the tooth shape by removing or contouring some of the enamel. The process is much efficient in dealing with the chipped tooth issue when the damage is not too serious.

Extraction and replacement: When the damage to the tooth is so severe, that it is not possible to repair it, then the process of extraction and replacement needs to be done using a dental implant or artificial denture.

Among all the chipped tooth treatment procedures which are provided by the Dentist Hoppers Crossing dental clinic, the bonding is considered as the easiest, less time consuming, less complex and cost-effective. Though, the other procedures are as effective as bonding, but the price differs due to the involvement of advanced technology, and is required to get it done, if in case the damage is severe which cannot be solve using dental bonding treatment.

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