I bit down wrong on a piece of chicken and smashed my bottom and top teeth together. One of my top front teeth chipped. It hurts at first and I have a mild headache. It mostly just feels weird and gritty against my tongue. It isn’t a big chip. It looks like a tiny slice was taken off the bottom of the tooth aside from the corner that touches my other front tooth.
Should I find an emergency dentist, or will waiting until Monday to call my dentist be okay?
I have a huge fear of my teeth getting fucked because I watched my biodad’s teeth rot in his mouth and fall out, and my stepfather has constant tooth infections that could totally spread to his brain and kill him because of the severity.
I brush my teeth daily and the last time I went to the dentist, my teeth were complimented several times, so I don’t have a personal history of tooth problems.
As long as your root isn’t exposed, you should be fine waiting until Monday. You’d know if you had pain when exposed to hot or cold, or if it was painful to the touch. I had a chipped tooth left like it was for years, and nothing came of it once I finally got it fixed.
If it doesn’t hurt waiting till Monday is fine. Avoid crunchy foods though, to minimize the risk of catching the rough surface while chewing as that can feel terrible without even doing damage.
They can fix it easily with dental bonding. It’s like enamel, a really hard resin or something. I wouldn’t worry.
The enamel on a tooth is pretty thick. Unless you’re seeing blood, you can probably wait.
A chunk fell off almost a decade ago and I’ve had zero problems.
