Hi Mark,
One of my back teeth which has had a filling for years has now developed 2 cracks on the inside about 3mm apart. The cracks run vertically from the end of the tooth to 3/4 up the tooth towards the gum line. I can move this piece of tooth if i push it hard with my tongue although it is still held fairly ridgedly in place. If this piece were to fall out looking at the inside of the tooth i would be left iwth 2 pieces of the side wall of the tooth left and right with with a visible filling in the middle. My friend says i will be able to use the tooth like this because if i visited a dentist he would extract it straight away. Would this be the case.

Hello Doctor, 

When I was younger I fell of a swing and damaged my 2 front teeth. My right tooth is half real and half fake andis stained along the crack between the real and fake bit. My left tooth died so I had a route canal (i think) and had it covered (my dentist recently said this was a venner?) but my tooth still looks very grey through the venner and my teeth don’t match. I really don’t like my smile anymore and I’m getting married soon. What would you suggest needs to be done and is there anyway it won’t cost tons of money? I feel the dentists should have done a better job when I was younger. Thank you!

my front toot has cracked, can this be repaired or do I need an implant

My last lower molar is cracked through and I have a missing molar next to it. I have been advised to have a bridge to attach to the cracked molar with a pontic to bridge the gap and the bridge to attach to the next tooth in which has been filled twice. Is it likely that the bridge will be viable and give longevity given the fact that the anchor molar is cracked?

I have a toothache in my bottom molar, no 6 on my left. I assumend something was rotten and rushed off to the dentist. He checked it out carefully, and found nothing wrong. He X-rayed the tooth, the root from both sides, and said there was nothing wrong. He found a lot of plaque on the inside of my bottom teeth and especially on the sore one. He said he thought that the tooth was reacting supsiciously to the plaque. We had it removed by th oral hygienist. Now the plaque is gone, and the tooth is still sore. It is sensitive to pressure, hot and cold liquids. It is not excruciating, and it doesn’t seem to get worse. It just stays like that. I’ts been more than a month.

A friend said that one’s teeth are linked to certain organs, and apparently, that tooth is linked to the spleen or the stomach – she said it is on the same “meridian”, so if there is nothing wrong with the tooth, it might be that there is something wrong with the spleen. I would appreciate your comments on this, or how to proceed from here.

If the dentist didn’t find anything wrong, and I paid through my neck for the appointment, I can’t imagine going back. What more can he do than all the Xrays etc.?

I have a crack on my front tooth which is a crown, is there a way to have it fixed without replacing the whole tooth?

I have 4 wisdom teeth that are not fully erupted and are impacted. they have been bothering me for about 3 years now. I have to wait to see a dentist for a month and i have an upper right cracked molar next to the wisdom tooth that also is painful.I have been experiencing sharp, electricity shooting pain throught the right side of my face and body out the cracked molar .What is going on to me? It happens out of the blue. I have told the dentist when I first saw him and he didnt answer to what I have asked him. I cant bare with the pain any longer.It is worst then giving birth to a child.

I had a front tooth root filling in early Nov. Had been chipped & badly cracked umpteen years ago but earlier this year became tender to pressure. Was/got infected. 5 lots of antibiotics, 1 temp crown [the tooth cracked further], umpteen appts for ‘cleaning’ inside & more pain than I thought I could stand. Then endodontic referral [early Dec], different internal medication, and it did improve slightly but still needed full pain relief [max paracetamol & max ibuprofen daily]. Was advised it might ‘settle down’ … hasn’t. Returned to endo in early Jan, refilled again, again did improved slightly but still very painful to any sort of touch & need regular pain relief and now seems to be getting worse again. Have been told it might be phantom nerve pain and not to have tooth out until seen by neurologist, which could take months on NHS. I think it far more likely infection is still lurking although medication keeps is from forming obvious absess or that root is actually cracked as well & I would get relief from extraction. Gums very sore in area too. What is your opinion please ?

Hi

Just looking for a bit of advice, I have a hole through the middle of my two front teeth and it has cracks on one of the teeth and a gap in the one next to it, was wondering what could be done to rectify this and rough costs? Would a picture help you analyse this?

Regards