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How to restore a beautiful smile after breaking a tooth?

Dentists say that the fracture of the tooth - not the most common problem. But if you met her, you should know all about the treatment, consequences and recovery. Usually patients with this diagnosis are athletes, most often those who engage in Boxing, stunt and children. But really, no one is immune from such injuries. To break the tooth (cutter) you can and in the fall, and in a fight, and automobile accidents.

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The causes and symptoms, types of fractures

Whatever the injury, it always brings a lot of discomfort. Broken tooth disrupted the integrity of the dental tissue, and not of one layer, but several. More prone to fracture of the front teeth of the upper row.

In addition to sports injuries, fights and accidents, the fracture of a tooth is sometimes possible even when going to an incompetent dentist. For example, deleting a tooth of the lower jaw, the doctor may use a greater than necessary force and strike forceps the teeth of the top row. If they are weak and fragile, it is quite possible injury. It doesn't happen every day, but still is the place to be.

Really spoils the enamel tooth decay. Easy to injure a tooth in the region of the crown can, chewing solid foods.

draki - prichina pereloma zubovIf you have a broken tooth row, the jaw is uneven pressure. In this case, also increases the risk of fracture of the tooth.

Symptoms of broken tooth the following:

  • pain, aggravated by the closing of the upper and lower jaws;
  • a slight pain if the damage is not all, tissues of the tooth;
  • loosening of the teeth;
  • speech impairment;
  • bleeding from the gums in the area of damage;
  • the difficulty arising from the opening and closing of the mouth.

Dental fractures are transverse, longitudinal, oblique, and comminuted.

Diagnosis of the disease

In case of breakage of the tooth visit the dentist even if there is no pain. Broken cutter is prone to further destruction, and this is threatening its destruction.

The doctor diagnoses the injury without difficulty. Most importantly, to determine the severity of the fracture and to understand whether there is the ability to save what is left. Will help in diagnosis radiograph. And by external examination the dentist will see if there is tissue necrosis, edema and other complications. If the patient complains of pain not only in the broken tooth, but in the next, then this may indicate dislocation.

vidy perelomov zubaThe dentist can do some additional research - elektrodinamicheskoi. Thanks to him, determined the viability of the pulp and the conclusion about possibility of its preservation.

Fracture of the tooth crownvisible to the naked eye and does not cause the doctor trouble diagnosis. What treatment the doctor will prescribe depends on the status of the pulp and the amount of broken pieces. In a small volume is quite ordinary fillings. On front teeth can you put veneers or be building. The frequent case is and a fracture of the tooth neck. If only the broken wall, the root is not removed. It is useful to install the pin with the subsequent restoration of the entire tooth.

Root fracture tooth is diagnosed too easily. Chewing food, the patient experiences severe pain. By sensing the injured area, your doctor will feel greater mobility of the cutter. Hard to bear the pain occur at the time of closing of the upper jaw from the lower. Enamel to acquire a pink hue.

Treatments broken tooth

After conducting the necessary tests, the doctor reveals how a damaged tooth, a viable pulp, whether there were fragments, how many faults and what is their direction.

If damaged a front tooth, the chip is very small, the doctor will offer treatment in the form of restoring the integrity with the use of modern filling materials.

krovotechenie izo rta pri perelome zubaThe dentist can remove the tooth in the case of oblique or vertical fracture with a significant amount of debris. In such cases, the root should not be used as a support for the pin. Therefore, the patient is recommended to further the implantation and prosthesis. If the tooth is broken at the root, it is possible to restore it with the help of metal-ceramic crowns. Modern dentistry allows you to do this so that the crown will look as natural cutter.

The damaged pulp is often removed. After the channel is sealed, and the tooth is restored. This is done by using composite materials. The procedure should be noted, quite difficult. You have to carefully to bring an artificial tooth to a natural state. Otherwise in the future may occur injury when chewing food.

In case of breakage of the teeth of the dead, the doctor will suggest two options. This can be installing the crown or implant. Broken wisdom tooth is not recommended to treat. It immediately removed. Due to the fact that until "the eights" it is difficult to get, treatment is rarely successful.

The patient should understand that the sooner he starts going to the dentist, the sooner treatment begins. It will increase the chance to preserve the function of the broken tooth.

As injured alveolar processes

udalenie slomannogo zuba u stomatologaFractures of the alveolar processes happen due to a direct blow. Damaged several teeth,located in the neighborhood. Often the fracture is in the upper jaw, as it protrudes above the bottom.

Diagnosis is usually not difficult for the doctor. The alveolar bone after the injury becomes very active, the teeth can be not only broken, but dislocated. The soft tissue of the jaw and keep the broken piece.

Usually this fracture occurs when a traumatic brain injury. The patient have dizziness, sharp pain, nausea and possibly vomiting. The doctor sends the patient for x-rays. The pictures show the fracture, its direction. The doctor will be able to determine them the ability to restore the injured region. Usually set tire for bones. If the experts come to the conclusion that the teeth cannot be saved, then they are removed. At the same time on the alveolar process of the applied brackets for fixing it. It usually happens when you break the periosteum, in which the process does not take root.

As the tooth is removed

In that case, if the doctor decides that the treatment does not help, then the broken tooth is removed.

The extraction takes place under local anesthesia. This allows the patient not to feel pain and to relax. Usually, the doctor to cope with the procedure is quite fast. But the cases are different, including very complex. For example, a tooth is broken so that the doctor can catch it with forceps. So you have to resort to incision of the gums. Then the forceps are applied to the root and remaining tooth removed. The incision is closed with sutures. After some time, the doctor will examine the patient. As soon as the gums heal, the stitches are removed. After such a difficult removal of the doctor appoints to the patient physiotherapy treatment. And upon its completion, the implant can be inserted.

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To accelerate healing of the gums is necessary to observe some rules. Can't eat or drink for 3 hours. This will enable to form the necessary blood clot in the tooth hole. It is not necessary to smoke and to drink alcohol in the first few days after removal. Contraindicated physical work and sports. Bath, sauna, sun exposure should be banned within the first 5 days. It is not recommended to sleep on the other side, where was removed the tooth.