Broken and Chipped Tooth

What to Do If You Have a Chipped or Broken Tooth

The good news is that depending on the size of the chip and its location in your mouth, we have several excellent options to help you. Our goal is always to restore your tooth to its natural beauty and function.

Here are the primary ways we can fix your chipped or broken tooth:

1. Cosmetic Bonding (Dental Bonding):
   • Ideal for: Smaller chips, minor cracks, or gaps, especially on front teeth.
   • How it works: Our skilled dentists will apply a highly aesthetic, tooth-coloured resin material directly to your tooth. This material is then carefully sculpted and polished to seamlessly blend with your natural tooth, making the chip virtually disappear.
   • Benefits: It’s a quick, minimally invasive, and often single-visit procedure, preserving most of your natural tooth structure.
2. Veneers:
   • Ideal for: Larger chips, significant discolouration, misshapen teeth, or when a more durable and aesthetic solution is needed, particularly for front teeth.
   • How it works: A thin, custom-made shell of high-quality porcelain is bonded to the front surface of your tooth. Veneers are incredibly strong and provide a beautiful, natural-looking surface that can completely transform the tooth’s appearance.
3. Dental Crowns (Including Same-Day Crowns with CEREC):
   • Ideal for: When a chip is too large, if there are other significant fractures in the tooth, or if the tooth is weakened and requires comprehensive protection (especially molars or teeth that endure heavy chewing forces).
   • How it works: A dental crown (often called a ‘cap’) covers the entire visible portion of the damaged tooth, restoring its shape, size, strength, and appearance.
   • Benefit: At Kings Langleys Dental Surgery, we offer the convenience of same-day crowns using CEREC 3D technology! This means you can get a custom-designed, precisely milled, and permanently placed porcelain crown in just one visit, avoiding multiple appointments and temporary restorations. It’s an efficient and highly effective way to save and strengthen a significantly damaged tooth.