What can be done for chipped tooth treatment gone wrong?
Q. Hi my boyfriend chipped the edge of one of his front teeth – whilst he had a white filling added two weeks ago it had come off while he was eating. When he went back to the dentist this time he asked for another filling but was concerned as it might just keep coming off – the dentist said he could use a pin but didn’t like to do that procedure So my boyfried thought he would just proceed with doing a normal filling and that he would just have to keep going back every time it came off But the dentist went ahead without consent to using the pin which has cracked his tooth and you can see it clearly through the white filling. My boyfriend is absolutely devestated. We live in rural wales and NHS dentists are like golddust so we have to go with whatever dentist is conveniently near! What do you recommend that he does? I really need your advice! Many thanks,
A. Hi Kate, Its a very unfortunate situation your boyfriend has found himself in. Front teeth never hold fillings very well and any dentist would tell you that the likelihood of it falling off is very high. The only thing I can suggest now is that he gets a porcelain veneer for that tooth which is much less likely to fall off and can be well matched (colour and shape wise) to the tooth beside it. I would be more than happy to help him with this matter.Justin Glaister
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