Tooth Injury: Teeth Chipped, Cracked and Missing
 
Injury to the mouth, teeth, soft oral tissues or jawbones is tooth or dental trauma. Sports, car crashes, battles, falls, chewing on hard foods / objects and consuming hot liquids can cause tooth trauma. Injuries that damage the mouth and teeth are also very painful, leading to bleeding and punctures. Types of Tooth Injury Teeth Cracked -  Apart from injury to the tooth, habits such as teeth grinding, clenching and chewing on hard objects can cause cracked teeth. Cracked teeth symptoms include erratic pain from extremes of chewing and temperature. Pulp irritation and damage can result. Extensive cracks can lead to infection of the pulp tissue, which can spread to the teeth surrounding the bone and gum tissue. Since damage to pulp is common with cracked teeth, root canal therapy is often required. Your dentist will restore your tooth with a crown following root canal treatment to hold the pieces together and protect the cracked tooth. Tooth extraction would be required if the crack ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
