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Mugz
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted but I’ve been quietly reading along. I lost a sizable filling in #14 (I think) about a year ago. Yesterday I lost a piece of the tooth. The piece that was broken seems to have been partially under the gum line and partially above. Can that even happen?
I now have a hole in the tooth from the missing filling and and what feels like a small hole or pocket in the gum from the piece that broke off. It is horribly painful but has eased up some since the piece came out.
Is it possible to crown a tooth like this - with a crack into the gum or am I looking at an extraction?
If I leave it alone will it eventually abscess or can it just keep in “treatment limbo” indefinitely?
Thanks for your help!
Mugz
I now have a hole in the tooth from the missing filling and and what feels like a small hole or pocket in the gum from the piece that broke off. It is horribly painful but has eased up some since the piece came out.
Is it possible to crown a tooth like this - with a crack into the gum or am I looking at an extraction?
If I leave it alone will it eventually abscess or can it just keep in “treatment limbo” indefinitely?
Thanks for your help!
Mugz