Chipped Teeth

A chipped tooth can Mar. appearance of your smile, making otherwise flawless teeth appear crooked, discolored, and unhealthy. It may also leave sensitive areas within your exposed tooth causing pain and leaves you at risk for tooth decay. Fortunately, chipped teeth can be easily corrected with non-invasive cosmetic dentistry solutions .

How to get chipped teeth
If you have a chipped tooth, you can know exactly how and when this occurred or the cause may be more difficult to achieve. Often associated with injury or trauma, like a sports car or an accident, including a chipped tooth, but teeth can become chipped by chronic trauma over time. Often, personal habits or other underlying problems are involved. It can be something as simple as chewing ice or clicking your teeth unconsciously with a tongue ring. You may be grinding your teeth due to a misaligned bite (malocclusion).

Enamel reshaping
remodeling enamel is a non-invasive painless way to reshape teeth. It is often used to remove a very small amount of enamel, but in the case of chipped teeth, a tooth-colored laminate can be used to build your tooth, as well.

Porcelain veneers
Porcelain veneers are a thin layer of porcelain that is bonded to the surface of your teeth. They custom designed to match the color and shape of your teeth, and interacts with light in china in the same way as real tooth enamel, looking lively and natural. Porcelain veneers can cover many imperfections in a single treatment, they are an excellent choice if your teeth are discolored, crooked or deformed.

Dental bonding
Dental bonding can replace up to half of your teeth. Rather than replacing the craft in a laboratory, dental bonding, which uses a material that is sculpted to your teeth and polished to a smooth finish.

Dental Implants
If you miss an important part of your tooth, you can have all the tooth replaced with a permanent dental implant . The implant itself is a titanium rod that replaces the root of your tooth and fuses with the jaw. A porcelain false tooth is then attached to the rod. A dental implant looks and behaves exactly like your natural teeth.

As you can see, there are many options for correcting a chipped tooth. Each case is unique and the best solution for you will depend on the extent of damage to the chipped tooth itself, and whether or not you want to solve problems with adjacent teeth at the same time.