Cracked Tooth Syndrome

When you feel sharp pain during biting functions, a cusp of a tooth may crack and start flexing.  If this is the situation then you will experience cracked tooth syndrome.  The pain will not be permanent since the cusp may take the right position and angle, and thus cause no pain.  However, when consuming  hot, cold, sweet or sour foods it seeps into a crack and triggers sometimes deadly pain.

This condition is treated by placing a crown over the tooth.  This crown restores and protects the tooth. If the affected tooth remains untreated for some time, the situation may get worse and even require extraction or root canal therapy since the tooth will fracture sooner or later.

Usually these cracks are so tiny that they cannot be noticed or seen with the visible eye.  Only cracked tooth pain can signal about the problem.  Cracked tooth symptoms will not vanish as time passes, chances are that pain will only intensify.

Cracked tooth symptoms:

• Sharp pain when biting
• Pain when drinking and eating cold/hot food and beverages
• Sensitivity of a tooth to air
• Occasional toothache

Thus, the sooner you see a dentist the more chances you have to save a cracked tooth.  A bright healthy smile is something we value so much!