What to Do When You Chip a Tooth
But you can’t do s— like that. … I chipped my tooth. What can you do right now? I’ll go home, wake up, go to the dentist and get new teeth so I can smile for the summer.”
A broken tooth can lead to a serious infection or dental abscess. A dental abscess is a collection of pus that forms below an infected tooth. If left untreated, a dental abscess can result in tooth loss, infections, septicemia, and in extreme cases, a deadly brain abscess.
The medical term for a knocked out tooth is "avulsed" tooth.
873.63 Open wound of tooth (broken) (fractured) (due to trauma), without mention of complication.
Dental Filling or Bonding If you have chipped off just a small piece of tooth enamel, your dentist may repair the damage with a filling. If the repair is to a front tooth or can be seen when you smile, your dentist will likely use a procedure called bonding, which uses a tooth-colored composite resin.
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A fractured tooth, often called a cracked tooth or cracked tooth syndrome (CTS), is when a crack appears in your tooth. The crack can sometimes be small and harmless. Other times, it can cause your tooth to break or split. Tooth fractures are most common in children and older people, although anybody can crack a tooth.
Ongoing poor oral hygiene is a common reason why a tooth chips for no apparent reason. Cavities and decay weaken enamel and undermine the integrity of tooth structure. You may not notice any changes in your teeth until you get a sudden chip. Reduce your risk of tooth chipping by brushing twice a day for two minutes.
The dentist will treat the chipped tooth based on the level of breakage. A smaller chip does not need significant intervention to repair. They may file the tooth and reshape it to match your other teeth.
In most cases you should plan to have your chipped tooth repaired. The treatment how deep the chip runs. A chipped tooth equals a significant loss of tooth structure and can even contribute to new chips in the future and cracks in the enamel over time.
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Treatments for a chipped, broken or cracked tooth include: gluing the fragment of tooth back on. a filling or a crown (a cap that completely covers the broken tooth) root canal treatment for a badly broken tooth where the nerves are exposed.
ICD-10 Code for Dental caries, unspecified- K02. 9- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10 Code for Periapical abscess without sinus- K04. 7- Codify by AAPC.
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