I'm back home for the holidays and a piece of my lower back tooth has broken off. It's very sharp and rubbing against my tongue, but I can't go to the dentist until Wednesday when I get back. My tongue is sore and cut up, and I don't know what to do. Any help??
2007-12-24 02:08:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Obviously I am not going to the dentist where I am because it is Christmas eve & tomorrow is Christmas day. They're not open.
2007-12-24 09:37:32 · update #1
They have dental cement at your local drugstore. you can use that until you get to your appt.
2007-12-24 02:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by spaceytracey3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dental Wax For Broken Tooth
2016-10-06 02:45:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now my molar is broken and has a very sharp point stabbing into my tongue for 2 days now. What i finally did was use my bottom teeth bleaching tray. It is a soft plastic and covers my entire bottom teeth and smooths over the jagged "peak" and my tongue feels so much better now! Stays in securely and unlike wax no chance of it coming apart. My trays were made at a dentist years ago formed fit from my own teeth impression. If you don't have one of those trays, then go to store and get the dental wax people use who have braces to keep their braces from cutting their tongues and gums. I read about filing the part of the tooth but I wouldn't recommend that especially if your tooth is already cracked and weakened, you just might file it and make it break more and then possibly cause it to expose a nerve and then you'll have a pain far worse than a sore cut tongue!!
2014-09-22 19:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I'm back home for the holidays and a piece of my lower back tooth has broken off. It's very sharp and rubbing against my tongue, but I can't go to the dentist until Wednesday when I get back. My tongue is sore and cut up, and I don't know what to do. Any help??
2015-08-07 02:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An emery board is perfect for filing down the rough edges until you can get to a dentist. Cost less than a dollar for a pack. Don't use aspirin as it can burn your gums and cause damage. I had to do this over the Thanksgiving holidays myself until I could get to the dentist. The broken tooth can really cut up your tongue so you have to do something, I know.
2007-12-24 02:59:03 · answer #5 · answered by BC 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-25 13:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many pharmacies or Walmart sell a type of wax or tooth repair kit that you can use to protect the area and your tongue. Go have a look for something like Dentek Toothache Kit or temporary filling. You may also want to try wax that is used for braces.
2007-12-24 02:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by LJ T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At a store like Walmart... I believe its where the dental floss is. They have Dental Wax. Its usually for when you have a sharp place on your braces but it can be used for a harp tooth too. Just take a small piece of it and press it over the sharp tooth. (You'll have to take it out when you eat and put a new piece.)
2007-12-24 02:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by ASDZA’NI 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
go to walmart or some place similar and go to the pharmacy area they have a emergency filling kit that you roll into a ball and put over the hole and it hardens it will last for a few days til you get to the dentist.... or if you can't find that find some of those candy liquid wax stuff and pour the liquid out and cover the tooth with the wax when you are not eating it should help your cheek and tongue
2007-12-24 02:16:17 · answer #9 · answered by Kristin M 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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Most ER s will only give you pain med and refer you to your dentist. This happened to my daughter. She broke her two front teeth in half and they were very loose. It happened on a Saturday and had to wait til Mon. to see her dentist, despite a visit to the ER, and me thinking it was a true emergency, they did nothing. I'm an x-ray tech and worked in a hospital 18 years, so I know stumping your toe is not an emergency, but these teeth were very loose and bled forever. It was traumatic for both of us.
2016-04-06 10:31:34 · answer #10 · answered by Kathleen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same thing happen and I went to the dentist they filed it down so it wasnt sharp just till I can get in there to get it fixed I still havent done it
Look in the store they have stuff like wax that people with braces use so they dont cut there gums you can try that
2007-12-24 02:46:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋