A Front Tooth Broken While Exercising: Crown Restoration After Root Canal Treatment at Boramae Dental Clinic

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This is Director Park Jeong-gi of Boramae Dental Clinic.

Teeth have a shape similar to bone and are known to be the hardest part of the body.

The tissues in our body are balanced between flexibility and hardness, which helps us a great deal in living our daily lives.

However, if you neglect your health, activities that were once easy can become difficult.

Areas hidden in the mouth and internal organs are difficult to distinguish easily, so regular checkups are important. Intraoral photo

Teeth, which we call hard, can fracture for a variety of reasons.

1️⃣ Accident-related impact When you are directly or indirectly involved in an accident, or when you fall due to carelessness

2️⃣ Sports activities When playing sports such as soccer or baseball, if you collide with another person or get hit by a ball

3️⃣ Food foreign objects When you chew on a small stone or a hard foreign object during a meal

Broken and damaged teeth like this are difficult to regenerate, so we recommend receiving prompt treatment.

2025. 1. 15

This is a photo of a broken front tooth.

You can see that one is slightly chipped and the other is more damaged than expected.

After taking a digital X-ray, we found a crack extending to the inner nerve.

Detailed treatment plan and process

It would be best to proceed with root canal treatment in order to preserve the natural tooth.

First, a small hole is drilled in the broken tooth and the pulp is removed.

As the tooth breaks, saliva and bacteria enter the inside, which can later cause inflammation, so

it is important to thoroughly repeat cleaning and disinfect the root canal during this process.

Then the tooth is shaped for crown restoration.

For the missing portion caused by the fracture, a resin core is built up before proceeding to the next step.

Since it is a front tooth, the shade is also carefully checked when making the crown.

2025. 1. 22

If it were not marked in the photo, you would hardly know which area was treated.

By restoring a broken front tooth with a crown like this, it not only protects the internal tooth,

but also serves as a barrier against secondary caries and external factors, so it is an essential procedure. Wrap-up

When a problem occurs with a front tooth, it can have a significant impact on function as well.

Even after treatment, regular checkups and care are essential so that the prosthetic can last longer.

It is also recommended to carefully eat hard foods and to continue visiting Boramae Dental Clinic regularly.

If you are experiencing a situation similar to the case described today, or if you need cosmetic treatment, we recommend visiting a nearby medical institution for a consultation.

Thank you for reading this long post. This was Director Park Jeong-gi of Boramae Dental Clinic.

Treatment period: 2025. 01. 15 ~ 2025. 01. 22