If any of your teeth are broken, no matter how little or how much, have them attended to by your local dentist in Toronto as soon as possible. The longer a damaged tooth is neglected, the more the problem can increase. This can ultimately affect your other teeth and put you at greater risk for infection and gum disease.
Sometimes a cracked or broken tooth can be mended with a cap (or crown). However, if left untreated the partially damaged tooth can continue to break over time and become a more dangerous problem by exposing the pulp (nerve tissue). In this instance you may need to be prescribed antibiotics before any dental procedure can take place. This situation may result in the need for root canal therapy and become quite expensive.
Neglecting tooth decay and missing or broken teeth is inadvisable for so many reasons:
- they can be expensive to fix
- they can be painful
- they can predispose you to infection of the gums and even the sinuses
- tooth decay causes gum disease
- bad breath often results
- embarrassment or self consciousness over poor appearance
Dentures
Dentures are a solution to tooth problems that have been allowed to deteriorate, or which have occurred through accidental damage. Badly broken and missing teeth can create the need for dentures in order to prevent migration of the surrounding teeth into misalignment. But your dentist in Toronto will agree that the possiblity of replacing your own teeth with dentures doesn’t make it okay to let tooth decay get out of hand.
Dentures, whether they are a complete set of false teeth or partials, need just as much care as your natural teeth. The only difference is your man-made teeth won’t cause you pain if you don’t take proper care of them. It is important to understand that with or without dentures, you still need to care for your gums in order to prevent gum disease.
Your dentist in Toronto will advise you regarding the need for a new set of teeth, or, alternatively, bridge work. And once you have these new pieces in your mouth he or she will show you how to floss and brush around them.
Denture cleaning
If you have the detachable kind or full dentures, you’ll need to soak them to soften the plaque so you can brush it away. To soak them you’ll either use plain warm water, vinegar water or denture cleaner and soak them overnight, brushing them clean in the morning.
Whenever you are concerned about broken, chipped or decayed teeth, there can be no better first step that making an appointment at your friendly dentist in Toronto.
