Various oral activities tend to test your teeth’s integrity to the
limit. If these limits are exceeded, you may start to suffer cracks in
your teeth. That said, it’ll be helpful for you to know that dental
fractures don’t only result from blunt trauma; they may also occur as
small cracks that pile up over time—a condition called racked Tooth
Syndrome.
Fractures can be too tiny and may be located below
the gum line, which makes them impossible to detect by mere use of
x-rays. Your dentist in Wilkes Barre, PA would have to use special
instruments to test your teeth for fractures, apply a special dye to see
traces of cracks, or even remove existing crown/fillings for a closer
inspection.
Molars, especially the lower set, take most of the
pressure from chewing. You’re more likely to end up with a chipped,
cracked, or fractured molar if you like to munch on hard foods such as
hard candies, ice, large nuts, etc. The risk also increases if you’re
into contact sports and you don’t wear protective mouth guards.
Cracks, no matter how big, make a tooth more sensitive and vulnerable to
decay. Even worse, they can reach into the inner layer and expose the
pulp (a living tissue within the tooth) to infection. When this happens,
permanent teeth loss can occur unless remedied early with the right
dental treatment(s).
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