Chipped Front Tooth Repair

A thin shell of tooth colored resin composite material or porcelain veneers are specially created and customized in a lab to match your specific needs.

Chipped front tooth repair. If a front tooth is chipped or broken your dentist can make it look healthy and flawless by applying a dental veneer. These thin coverings are applied to the front of the tooth to restore its cosmetic appearance. Although small chips are most common it still affects the look of your smile particularly if it is one or more of your front teeth that are chipped. Chips will normally just damage the outer layer of the tooth the enamel.

A chipped front tooth can often be quite disfiguring. Where damage is extensive a crown may be more suitable. Broken front teeth are often repaired with composite bonding described above or dental veneers. A dental veneer is a thin shell of tooth colored porcelain or resin.

The latter results in a large part of the crown breaking off and perhaps even the pulp nerve being exposed in which case their will be a lot of pain from the area. Temporary broken tooth repair kits are available in drugstores and online and can be helpful while waiting to see a dentist. If a front tooth is broken or chipped a dental veneer can make it look whole and healthy again. Some kits include dental wax to cover jagged edges and others contain.

The severity can vary enormously from a very tiny piece of superficial enamel being lost through to a severe fracture.