I'm 12 years old and here's the story.
When I was 5 the orthodontist started expanding my upper jaw, then stopped when I was about 6. I got a bottom expander a LONG time ago (3rd grade, I beleive) that I don't even notice anymore. I got top and bottom braces in the beginning of 4th grade, had them for about 6 months. Maybe thats when I got the expander. But then again, maybe it's a retainer. It's just a wire that loops around the back of me lower teeth, then connects in the back. You can't see it when i smile or anything. Well, yesterday, I was eating those little pretzel bite things from Pretzel On A Stick. I felt something hard and I thought it was the loose tooth that I had on my right side. However, I felt and it was still there, so i assumed it was a peice of salt. When my friend and I got to the gym. I was using my tounge to feel around my mouth for some reason. I felt a somewhat jagged adge and looked in the mirror. My tooth had a HUGE chip out of it, and a crack down
2007-08-18 09:41:23 · 4 answers · asked by emilyy:) 3 in Health ➔ Dental
dle, (not all the way, but about 3/4 of the way) and saw that about 1/4 of my tooth was chipped of! My friend's dad is a peadiatrician, and he said that it was my 2 year molar, and it was probally a baby tooth. He said the expanding when I was little may have done it, because it movemy teeth back, but not the teeth below it. Anyway, I was eating a peice of sausage about an hour a go, and I put a little too much in my mouth, because I broke off about another 2/4 of the tooth! Now I don't have much left, but I still have the roots, I think. The dentist won't answer the phone, and it doesn't hurt. The IS a little white stub on the side towards my tounge, and it looks like a new tooth, but i can't be sure. I put the 2nd part that broke off in milk in the refriderator, in case it's permanant. What should I do? Am I gonna need surgery? HELP!
2007-08-18 09:45:33 · update #1
My 12 year molars are two teeth behind, right after my 7 year molars. They are already almost in. So that isn't what it is. I'm talking about a white stub RIGHT UNDER where the tooth chipped off. It might just be a root. My 7 year molar on the SAME side is loose.
2007-08-18 09:57:00 · update #2
lol you wont need any surgery. i had almost every one of those things in my mouth you just said..i bet your tooth was just a bad tooth and it was time for it to come out....if its a baby tooth then you'll just get a new one. but if it was a permanent you wouldnt need to keep the old tooth they would just fill in the other part of your tooth that you lost with the same stuff they fill a cavity with....so either way you need to get to the dentist...but if your tooth is cutting your tongue, go to the store and buy some wax they make it special that you go near the toothbrush aisle and you'll see it, it works great on that kind of stuff...if you need any more help or any more questions just email me at blondlladybug@yahoo.com
2007-08-18 09:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have 2 chipped teeth. all i had done was 2 root canals (1 for each tooth) after that i felt normal again
2007-08-18 09:55:42 · answer #2 · answered by person1223 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE SMALL, WHITE STUB IS YOUR 12-MOLAR COMING IN. THE TOOTH WHICH CHIPPED WAS YOUR BABY SECOND MOLAR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOST ANYWAY.
2007-08-18 09:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont worry a baby tooth probably fell out and a new one is coming in
2007-08-18 15:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by chewie104 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋