Tooth filling is a common and often prescribed method for treating tooth decay. After filling teeth, cavities are prevented, helping everyone eat better and limit pain. However, in cases of broken decayed teeth, can they be filled? Let’s find out with My Auris dentistry through the following article.
Why do cavities break?
Tooth decay greatly affects oral health, which is characterized by persistent, extremely uncomfortable pain. This has a significant impact on daily life and activities. Not only that, if not detected, decayed teeth have brittle and fragile characteristics, so for some reason they break or crack. When it breaks, it leaves even more serious consequences.
The following are some common causes of broken teeth, specifically:
- Pulp inflammation: when the pulp is damaged, the tooth can easily decay and break, even causing the pulp to die and causing permanent tooth loss.
- Oral hygiene habits: when the mouth is not cleaned thoroughly, if there is excess food, plaque accumulates, it will create conditions for bacteria to multiply, leading to tooth decay and tooth erosion, causing cracks and broken teeth.
- External impacts: side effects such as impact force, chewing too hard food also make teeth brittle and prone to cracking.
- Due to the impact of bacteria: regularly adding foods and drinks high in sugar and starch, these substances exist in the oral cavity and are converted into acids that stick to the tooth wall, leading to tooth decay. If this condition persists, it will erode tooth enamel, making teeth fragile.
- Eating habits: when the daily diet and nutrition are not enough, it also makes the teeth not strong and susceptible to nutrient deficiency. This not only makes teeth susceptible to tooth decay, but also makes teeth break and crack easily.
- Other diseases: such as stomach pain, gastric reflux will cause symptoms of heartburn, secretions from the stomach will flow into the mouth, causing tooth enamel to erode, easily increasing the risk of tooth decay and breakage.
Can broken cavities be filled?
When a decayed tooth is broken, the chewing function becomesTeeth deterioration, accompanied by increasing pain frequency. This causes the patient to lose appetite and eat poorly, affecting daily activities and work.
Tooth filling is one of the most popular methods of treating tooth decay. Therefore, many people wonder whether a broken tooth can be filled. Dental fillings are a method to help restore broken teeth quickly and effectively. This filling acts as a shield to protect teeth from harmful external agents, ensuring chewing after filling.
Some advantages of the method of filling broken cavities:
- The procedure time is quick. If the tooth is broken, it can only be done once, if the tooth is broken large, it can be done 2-3 times. Each session only takes about 15-20 minutes.
- Effective costs, suitable for many customers.
- Does not affect neighboring teeth
- Optimal protection for real teeth
However, the tooth filling method still has disadvantages. Because this method is only effective for small ruptures, if it is too severe or too large, another treatment method is needed. Furthermore, dental fillings do not last long, they only peel off after a short period of time due to chewing.
In these cases, the doctor will check the crack and breakage of the decayed tooth and consider which treatment method:
- Porcelain dental crown: when the tooth crack is larger, but the tooth structure is still intact, porcelain crown will be applied to protect the real tooth pulp. The doctor will clean the cavity, then proceed to grind the tooth to the appropriate ratio. Then, install the porcelain crown on top of the tooth crown to protect the tooth crown from bacterial attack.
- Tooth extraction and dental implant: in cases where the decay or breakage is too severe, possibly affecting the pulp and leaving only the root of the tooth, the doctor will have to extract the tooth to avoid tooth decay affecting the remaining teeth in the jaw. After tooth extraction, depending on the status and economic conditions of each customer, the doctor decides whether to plant a porcelain bridge or dental implant for restoration.
Notes after a broken cavity filling
How to care for teeth after filling is the deciding factor in whether the filling will last long or not as well as whether tooth decay will recur. Therefore, after filling teeth, people need to pay attention to how to clean and take care of them carefully:
- Only eat at least 2 hours after getting a tooth filling: before getting a tooth filling, people should eat and drink to fill their stomach because then they have to wait up to 2 hours. Make sure this time allows the filling material to completely harden. This prolongs the life of the filling and ensures better future chewing.
- Avoid foods that are too hard, too hot or too cold: because the new filling cannot yet withstand strong impacts, it is necessary to limit foods that can cause adhesion, change the shape of the filling, etc. At the same time, even if the filling is dry and hardens, everyone who eats should limit foods that are too hard or too tough because it can cause the filling to break, or the filling to come out of the jaw.
- Avoid foods that are harmful to tooth enamel: foods high in sugar such as cakes, candy,… or foods high in acid such as carbonated soft drinks,… all cause tooth enamel to be affected and erode quickly.
- Proper oral hygiene: good oral care is an important condition to help prevent cavities from recurring and protect oral health. Brush your teeth regularly at least twice a day. In particular, you should use a soft-bristled toothbrush and brush your teeth with proper technique and gently to avoid peeling off fillings. Combined with brushing your teeth, use dental floss, a water flosser or mouthwash after each meal to remove accumulated plaque, trapped food and kill bacteria in the oral cavity. This prevents bacteria from multiplying, growing and attacking, causing disease.
- Regular examination: even if there are no oral problems, people should still visit and check their oral health periodically. This helps improve oral health and can detect diseases early for timely remedial measures.
Hope with the informationprinted in the article about can broken teeth be filled to help people answer their questions. If tooth decay is a problem, everyone should go to the dentist/hospital for examination and check-up early. Because tooth decay that is not treated early will cause many dangerous consequences. Please contact My Auris dentistry immediately for advice and to schedule an appointment as soon as possible.
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