I chipped my tooth about 6 years ago..had it capped everything was fine. After brushing my teeth with baking?
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Hi! I've been in dentistry for over 25 years. And unless the dentist ground your tooth down and took lots of impressions with a tray of material in your mouth for several minutes at a time, you do NOT have a cap or crown (same thing). The covers the whole tooth to the gum line!!
I'm guessing that you had a chair side plastic/acrylic crown and these only a few years.. If he did a filling, that is something completely different. Crowns/caps don't break off. If they do you would see the metal underneath. I would call the dentist and make an appt. If the material came off, I bet you have decay under it and that is why it fell off. The very best thing is get an Experts hands on and get fixed now before you need a root canal. The exposed dentin will hurt because it has no protective layer of enamel. Marie
well im not a dentist so i cant tell you what is going on. but your dentist can. i would him/her a call.
go to ur dentist would help ya if i was a dentist but sadly im nt srry
Em...this is not a rocket science answer but you need to see your dentist. You may need to get just a bit of filling in it. It doesn't sound like a big deal but it will be if you wait too long.
there is no real way of knowing right now, you need to see your dentist. good luck. :)
Well, I chipped my tooth when I was little and had to get it capped. 5 years or so later it started hurting and changing colors and the cap fell off. You need to get to the dentist ASAP so he can grind the old cap off and put a new one on. Otherwise, your tooth will get infected and will rot.
Being that baking soda is so abrasive, there may be a chance that it could have caused erosion of the tooth.
Get to a dentist bud! You might have some exposed dentine layer (the layer under the enamel). That's maybe why you see discoloration. Use sensodyne toothpaste and lay off the bake soda. Smile! You won't die!
caps are really a temporary solution. go see about a crown.
Discoloration of the toothe means decay. Which sadly sounds like that is what is happening. The baking soda may not be the soul culprit but it could have been the last straw to your enamel. Although there are many toothpastes with baking soda or equivalent(especially in whitening brands) I would try to lay off them. My advice is that after you get your tooth fixed. Try to brush after eating or at least swish with water to better balance the pH around your teeth. The purpose is to keep the food from eating away at your teeth and to prevent corrosion. Get some sensidyne and it should help numb the pain until you can get to the dentist.
Agree about stopping the baking soda - it wears away enamel. I had a crowned tooth that started hurting - bacteria had gotten in underneath the crown and caused an abscess. I wound up needing a root canal. That might not be what's going on with you, but the bottom line is - see your dentist sooner rather than later!
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