What to do if you have a Broken Tooth

A broken tooth can happen for a number of reasons, trauma, tooth decay, fracture of filling material or loss of a filling. Firstly, please let me reassure you, everything feels A LOT BIGGER when felt by your tongue inside your mouth.

Ok you have broken a tooth so firstly we need to know, are you in pain?

Yes I am in Pain;

♦ Is the tooth is throbbing or there is a spontaneous shooting pain?

♦ If you look at the tooth, is it bleeding in the centre?

What should I do?

It sounds more than likely that you will need a dental intervention to resolve your pain;

♦ Purchase a temporary dental filling kit from Tesco or Boots (these are the only 2 places where I know they have it) and try filling the hole, protecting the nerve from heat and cold may resolve symptoms

♦ Clove oil may temporarily help to resolve your symptoms

♦ Contact the Urgent Dental Centre to make an appointment where you may need the nerve removing or and extraction

No, I don't have any pain;

Commonly, teeth or fillings may fracture and not cause any discomfort at all

What should I do?

Your Options are;

♦ Leave it and contact the Surgery once we are open again

♦ Purchase a temporary filling kit from Boots or Tesco and try to restore it yourself, particularly if the edges are sharp and are rubbing on your tongue or cheek

♦ If you experience some sensitivity to cold apply a tiny amount of sensitive toothpaste to your finger and rub onto the tooth daily