Trauma to your mouth or biting something hard are the major causes of chipped tooth. Having a chipped tooth means a fragment of your tooth enamel has broken off. Tooth enamel is the outermost layer of your tooth tht prtects the sensetive tissues inside. Tooth enamel is firm but not indestructible. Injuries to your tooth like accident ntal fall or biting hard food or substance can cause the enamel to break ,leaving a chip. Slight chipping doesnt make major loss but can affect your look or smile.
CAUSES -
Chewing or biting hard food or objects
Injuries
Bruxism
DIAGNOSIS- Chipped tooth can be diagnosed with naked eyes. But sometimes ,clinician take x rays to conform to hat the injury is not serious or the sensitive part of tooth is not being exposed.
TREATMENT -
Treatment option ranges from no treatment ( for small chips) to major dental or esthetic work to prevent further damage amd smile( restorative dentistry). Dentist may suggest to repair the chip to improve you look ( cosmetic dentistry).
METHODS TO REPAIR YOUR CHIPPED TOOTH -
Polishing - For small chip your clinician polish and smoothens the chip so that it blends in with your surrounding tooth and does not injure the lip pr cheek.
Bonding - Bonding means fiilng a tooth colored material in you tooth that matches with the adjacent tooth to give it a natural look.
Veneers - Veneers beautifully cover the chip giving you tooth a natural look. You can have veneers if you have a small chip.
Crowns - Crowns are tooth shaped cap that protects a tooth that's weak and had severe injury.
Filling - Dental cements are used to fill the chip.
Root canal treatment - Root canal treatment is done in major cases where a huge amount of tooth is chipped and the sensitive part of your tooth is exposed.Afterwards you may need a crown to protect further damages.
