When you get your tooth damaged due to any reason, the best
option you can go for in order to restore the looks and functionality of your
smile is to get a dental filling. In most of the cases, the damage occurs due
to severe kind of tooth decay or cavities.
Moreover, there are certain types of injuries which can
happen to your teeth. When you bit down on hard foods or objects, you might get
your tooth chipped or cracked. Grinding and clenching your teeth can also
result in the damaged tooth.
Now, there are some signs and symptoms that you will have to
look for in order to find out if your tooth is cracked. The most obvious sign
is the pain in the tooth. You can have this pain and discomfort while eating,
drinking, biting down on anything, or having your affected tooth exposed to
open air. Sometimes, you may feel like you have something stuck between your
teeth. One thing that you have to keep in mind in this regard is that the crack
may not be quite visible. It means that you will have difficulty in figuring
out if there is any crack.
The pain due to crack in your tooth may be intermittent.
This condition only worsens if you leave it untreated because the crack starts
to expand when pressure comes onto the teeth. In this scenario, you will have
to make sure that you visit your dentist as soon as you can because it is quite
important to get the problem analyzed and treatment started in a timely manner.
The first thing that would help your dentist to quickly identify the problem is
a dental x-rays test. The dentist will fill your teeth after the analysis is
complete and the problem is fully identified. There are many filling options to
choose from.
Now, there may be many people who would have got their teeth
filled few years ago. So, it may be the time for them to get their fillings
replaced. The seal between filling and the tooth starts to wear out after the
adhesion between the filling and the tooth starts to become weak. This can get
dangerous with the passage of time due to the fact that bacteria find their way
to seep into the open crack.
It is not quite difficult to get the filling replaced if you
do it on time. You will just have to visit the dentist and ask them to check if
you need your filling replaced. Most of the times, they will be the first ones
to tell you if you have the habit of visiting your dentist biannually. However,
letting the gap between filling and the tooth to widen can make things serious
because there would bacterial buildup inside the tooth. It can infect the tooth
pulp. After that, root canal treatment may turn out to be the only option left
for you.
