Are you prone to cracked teeth or have a cracked tooth that needs repairing?

When you bite down, you feel a sharp pain, it quickly disappears and perhaps you ignore it. You avoid certain foods or chew only on one side of your mouth. Does this sound familiar? If so, you may have a cracked tooth.

If you are wondering how you could have cracked a tooth, the methods are wide and varied:

• Chewing on hard objects or foods such as ice, nuts or hard sweets
• Teeth that have undergone endodontic (root canal) therapy with no restoration to strengthen the tooth
  
• Accidents that result in a blow to the mouth
• Tooth grinding and clenching
• Uneven chewing pressure
• Loss of tooth structure from a large cavity, filling or other restoration
• Temperature extremes such as eating hot food and then drinking ice water

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Many people tend to leave these issues alone until the crack worsens, the pain worsens and significant restorative work needs to be completed.

Simply put, restorative treatments fall into two broad categories, simple and complex. The treatment for a simple cracked tooth can be the placement of a simple crown over the tooth. The treatment for a complex cracked tooth is a root canal followed by a crown replacement.

Specific treatment options may vary after professional assessment based on your individual needs.

At Active Dental we have a number of restorative treatments that can resolve any problems that may arise with your teeth:

• Tooth Coloured Restorations
• Porcelain Crowns & Veneers

These options ensure that the highest quality materials are being used to complete your restorations and unsightly black amalgam fillings and restorations are a thing of the past.

If you’ve not visited us before and you are interested in fixing a cracked tooth or maybe a tooth you think may be cracked, we thoroughly recommend you contact us at Active Dental on 02 9891 5353 for a consultation to find out how we can help you.