Has anyone's tooth broken in half!!!!???

My friend had a root canal on his second to last tooth on the bottom about 5 months ago, and just recently it vertically broke in half from the root. It was half the tooth that broke. EVER heard of this????

Has anyone's tooth broken in half!!!!???
No, it is not the dentist's fault. When a root canal is done, it takes our the blood supply to the tooth, causing it to become dry %26amp; brittle. It is so important to have a crown done to the tooth after the root canal. Your friend needs to see a dentist %26amp; see if the tooth can still be crowned. If it is broken too much, he may have to have it taken out.
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Reply:Yes, if he didn't go back for a permanent crown, the dead tooth got brittle and had no protection from breaking.
Reply:When my baby teeth fell out I kept them in a box, and one of those split in half once. Never heard of it happening with a tooth that was still in the person's mouth though.
Reply:Yes I have a brooken tooth in half right now!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:It's not the dentist's fault because he should've gotten back in for a crown. It's common, my husband learned the hard way also. He was in pain for almost two weeks before he could get back in to see our dentist.
Reply:NO it's your friends fault for not getting the crown ASAP. It is still possible to save the individual roots given the break was clean between the roots. But, the crown fee just double. Been there done that.
Reply:Yes, I have...Had to remove the tooth
Reply:It's happened to me before. My baby molar had a cavity so i went to go get it fixed. Everything went fine and it lasted until my little accident. I started to notice that it was getting loose and i though it was a waste on money since my tooth was going to fall out anyway. So one day when i was eating, i chewed something really hard. I got it out of my mouth and realized it was the cavity filling. Also, when this happened, one half of my tooth came with it (gross). So the other half stayed there until my new tooth grew in and pushed the old half out. If its his baby tooth, then you shouldn't really worry about it since a new tooth will grow in it's place.If it's not a baby tooth, then i say he gets it checked.
Reply:A crown is required whenever a root canal is performed to prevent the tooth from breaking in the future. Because the nerve is removed during a root canal, the 'life' of the tooth is no longer there causing the tooth to become brittle over time and susceptible to breaking. No, it's not the dentist's fault.



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