Chipped Front Tooth Repair

A dental veneer is a thin shell of tooth colored porcelain or resin.

Chipped front tooth repair.

The severity can vary enormously from a very tiny piece of superficial enamel being lost through to a severe fracture. The latter results in a large part of the crown breaking off and perhaps even the pulp nerve being exposed in which case their will be a lot of pain from the area. A thin shell of tooth colored resin composite material or porcelain veneers are specially created and customized in a lab to match your specific needs. If a front tooth is chipped or broken your dentist can make it look healthy and flawless by applying a dental veneer.

If a front tooth is broken or chipped a dental veneer can make it look whole and healthy again. A chipped front tooth can often be quite disfiguring. Chips will normally just damage the outer layer of the tooth the enamel. Degrees of severity of damage.

Temporary broken tooth repair kits are available in drugstores and online and can be helpful while waiting to see a dentist. Although small chips are most common it still affects the look of your smile particularly if it is one or more of your front teeth that are chipped. Broken front teeth are often repaired with composite bonding described above or dental veneers. Broken tooth repair and treatment.

Where damage is extensive a crown may be more suitable.