Craps. I just broke a chunk of tooth off.
I was munching on some popcorn. I should have quit while I was ahead. I accidentally picked up an unpopped kernal and chomped down on a spot where it jammed between 2 teeth and broke part of one.
I've never done anything like this before. Guess I've lucky. Thank you saturn in Scorpio....not 
Anybody with experience in breaking a chunk of tooth off, your description of how it will be no big deal at the dentist will be appreciated! 
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I've recently had that experience! The tooth, a molar, had been cracked, and one night, FLOSSING (o the irony) it broke off and flew across my bathroom. It was not painful.
The dentist, due to the type of tooth break, gave me two options. Crown it ($900) or fix it with a big ol' filling. I'm fixed-income girl, so I chose the filling. (much to his dentisty chagrin.) He told me it probably would last 5 years or so, if I was lucky. So far, so good...six month's in!
Hope this helps!
Good luck!
The cost will be more painful than the dentist's work! I've had several crowns put on and several root canals and none of them were bad at all. People always joke about how bad root canals are, but nowadays it's more tiresome than anything. You'll be fine. 
Was chewing gum, broke out an enormous filling of a bottom molar.
The dentist said since it was a filling it was easier (although big) since it was cleaned up all nice from getting the original filling
Lots of shots, but no big deal. Does yours hurt? Mine hurt because it was fairly close to the nerve. I bought some Dentek 'putty' for temporarily replacing fillings until you can get to the dentist. It helped quite a bit.
It hurt a little bit when I was half-blindly digging around trying to remove what I thought was some popcorn stuck in my tooth. Then I looked closely and, uh-oh. Then I turned on the extra light by the mirror and got a better look and said "oh craps. When I thought I swallowed the kernal, I really swallowed my tooth!"
But as long as I don't scrape on it it doesn't really hurt. In fact, I just deliberately opened my mouth and sucked cold air over it, and it only hurt a little bit....
If the weather isn't too bad tomorrow, I'll lo looking for the Dentek stuff!
Thanks!
it's all about the hygiene. The better job we do brushing, flossing, etc., the longer the fillings last. He put most of my current ones in back in the early 80s.
Hopefully this one will just get a glues on cap or something like that. Different dentist. Different state. Different time.
On a fig newton? That made me laugh for some reason!
bit down on a walnut shell while eating a brownie (no, not that kind, lol!), and broke a molar. i went to the dentist that day and he bonded that sucker up good as can be!
you'll be ok....
Root canals have germs in them. Anaerobic nasty germs. I also go to a mercury-free dentist. I got all my Hg fillings pulled and replaced with cerex.
I still don't understand why dentists use mercury and lie and call it a "silver filling". The EPA says mercury is the most toxic non-radioactive element. so hey, it's better than plutonium!!! (Not sarcasm).
http://biologicdentists.com/custom2.htm
"Research has indicated that 100% of all root canals result in residual infection due to the imperfect seal that allows bacteria to penetrate. The toxins given off by these bacteria are more toxic than mercury. These toxins can cause systemic diseases of the heart, kidney, uterus and nervous and endocrine systems." --Dr. Edward Arana, D.D.S.
I think his business really shrank in the recession. This is a pretty poor area. But I will be leaving a message on his answering machine today and hopefully will get a 1st appointment for early next week.
In the meantime, it's been easy to keep it very clean, doesn't hurt at all, I'm chewing on the other side of my mouth and avoiding eating anything hard.
I think I'll be ok, although the worst thing is I'm close to getting a part time job Mon-Wed so I have a limited amount of time to get it fixed in.
I'm hoping since he has a home office, once I actually reach him he'll be able to work on me during a non-office hour. Since it's just downstairs, I would think he could...
and I'm guessing that you are experiencing a deep suffering. I'm just reaching out to you to give you my long distance hug and hope that you can feel my caring. If it were me, since I'm so deeply in debt anyway, I'd just break out a card and have that tooth fixed! They can bond on a new part just like that...or you may need a crown
Love yourself and take care of yourself. xoxox
versus the protected, "porn-addict" co-worker where I'm at on the other hand. It dawned on me that his porn-addiction was one thing when he could keep it hidden away in the blood banking room and the other hospital. They could easily chalk it up to co-workers turning on each other through the downsizing. It's a different thing when it's so brazen. Had the impatient Dr. X come storming in looking for that test result, he would have gotten an eyeful. They need to consider things from that perspective as well...not good for the Lab's relationship with the Hospital. They need a thorough housecleaning and overhaul there, including managerial.
I've just finished balancing the checkbook and determined that, including my teeny paycheck tomorrow, I can pay the dentist this afternoon for 1st visit, my property taxes this week and to have my direct vent heater fixed on Friday, and still have a positive balance in the checking account to put my snow tires on next week.
I have a little cash stash tucked away that will buy me food for several weeks on top of my frozen, canned and dried stash. I have 3+ months supply of dog and bird food, food for Dahli through March or so. Catfood and my fresh stuff if all I need to restock. So I can put additional dentistry on plastic and pay it off over a couple months if need be.
Forgot to say thank you and right back at ya!!!!
Just came home from the dentist. Tooth all fixed. 
Crown not needed this time around. He said 20 years ago this would have been capped.
Nowadays: bonded! He did say if long term the bond fails, it will need crown.
Aside from a couple teeny ouchies while packing it down, no real pain at all!
Minimal financial damage: the cost of a filling sans shots, drilling, etc. $95
glad everything turned out ok! dental problems can be very stressful.