Broken Tooth

Emmi

Two questions really, first off was eating on Monday night, bit onto a bloody hard seed thing on a cracker and broke half my tooth
It is a molar that had a new white filling done in October. The break is not quiet down to the gumline and still have the broken piece. I have an appointment with my dentist on Fri as that was the earliest he could see me. Does anyone know what he might do? Basically, do you think they can cement back the broken piece and refill or will I need to get a crown?

That is the second question, just how much is a crown going to cost? I have been told that it will be anything from €500 upwards can I claim any of it back on PRSI??

gaillimhabu

I doubt they can cement back the broken piece as it's no good after a couple of hours. I think saliva or milk can keep a tooth alive but it's definetely not a few days. I'd imagine they'll do a new filling if the break is a good bit above the gumline. I had a similiar issue and I had root canal treatment as the decay was under the gum and then added a filling on top. They said I would need a crown done eventually but still holding strong 3 yrs later.
I actually didn't do the root canal at the dentist as he advised to go see a specialist in order to be sure it was done properly. Somewhere in the crescent. Twas expensive but claimed some on PRSI so maybe that's why the tooth is still good. Then had the filling done at the dentist.

Crowns can be fairly expensive allright. Above the €500 mark I believe. You can claim some of it back on PRSI. Dentist should be able to advise you on that

georgieporgy

a big filling in a tooth usually means the the tooth is now in a weakened state and liable to fracture. This is especially true in back teeth that have root canals done. Such teeth should be crowned preferably before they fracture. The tooth generally feels fine until it actually fractures. They don't all fracture but very many do.

dentalnurse

if u only had it done in october it may be the case that it didnt set properly, you see if the filling is big you really shouldnt have a white filling done on it as it has to be set with a light and it just wont set right if its large. he may have to restore it with an amalgam filling. why do u think u need a crown? anyway its about 2000 for rct and crown on a back tooth and you get tax relief of 20% depending on what tax bracket your in!!

johnnyrotten

How did you get on Emmi?

bladespin

dentalnurse wrote: »

if u only had it done in october it may be the case that it didnt set properly, you see if the filling is big you really shouldnt have a white filling done on it as it has to be set with a light and it just wont set right if its large. he may have to restore it with an amalgam filling. why do u think u need a crown? anyway its about 2000 for rct and crown on a back tooth and you get tax relief of 20% depending on what tax bracket your in!!

:eek: That can't be the correct price can it???