Cracks in teeth run the whole range, from hairline craze lines in the enamel that need nothing at all to fractures travelling down into the root that decide whether the tooth stays. Which one you have is not something you can judge by looking at it, and it does not correlate reliably with how much it hurts.
At Bluewater Dental, our Palm Beach Gardens office images the tooth to find where the crack terminates before recommending anything. Shallow cracks are usually restored with a crown, deeper ones need root canal therapy first, and a crack that splits the root cannot be saved.
Dr. Calvin Kaler leads our Palm Beach Gardens office on Burns Road, where we image before recommending so you are not paying for treatment the tooth did not need.
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