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Looking for a caring and professional dental practice? We’re excited to welcome new patients to our clinic! Whether you’re due for a check-up, need treatment, or are looking to enhance your smile, our friendly team is here to help.
Contact us today to book your first appointment—we look forward to meeting you!

Broken teeth

Our teeth are very strong but despite this, the stresses and strains of our everyday life can still cause them to chip, crack or break.

Common cause of these breaks can include:

  • Chewing on hard foods
  • Facial trauma following an accident
  • Damage from a sports injury
  • Untreated cavities causing the tooth to become brittle and break
  • Old, large amalgam fillings, where the remaining structure of the natural tooth can become brittle

Broken teeth can cause varying degrees of pain, from extremely painful, to discomfort triggered by hot or cold foods or drink, even to no signs of immediate pain. However, in order to prevent further damage or infection which could result in the loss of the tooth, it’s important to book an appointment with your Envisage Dental dentist as soon as possible.

Treatment of a broken or chipped tooth will depend on how severely it is damaged. For small breaks or chips it may be possible to repair in a single visit with a simple filling or bonding. For more severe breaks, multiple visits may be required to repair the break with multiple treatments.

Treatment for fractures and broken teeth

Teeth with minor chips on the edges usually don’t cause any pain or problems, but your Envisage Dental dentist will most likely repair a chip by smoothing the edge and inserting a tooth-coloured filling to prevent it from cutting your lips or tongue.

Heavily fractured and seriously broken teeth may need more complex treatment. For instance, a large cavity that causes a major fracture or break, causing pain and infection, may need root canal treatment. Cracks and breaks may expose your nerve endings, making the teeth sensitive to hot and cold air and foods.

Root canal treatment isn’t always necessary if your teeth are chipped or broken, though. Where there’s no pain or infection, cracks are filled and bound together with a specialised tooth cement, while a broken tooth will be fixed with a crown. Crowns are also used as part of the treatment for other types of splits and breaks, such as broken cusps, split roots/vertical breaks, split molars, and as a buttress against further cracks. If your tooth has decayed from the inside-out and is now broken, your Envisage Dental dentist may recommend that your tooth is removed.

Sometimes, if you have a cracked or broken tooth, it may not be noticeable because it doesn’t hurt. But no matter how minor these problems are, they should still be investigated by your dentist, as infections can arise if the problem isn’t treated with antibiotics. The best course of action is, as always, a good oral hygiene regime and regular reviews with the dentist.

What to do if you break your tooth

If you’ve fractured or broken a tooth, follow these steps immediately before booking an appointment with Envisage Dental.

  • Rinse your mouth out with warm water
  • Apply pressure on any bleeding areas using gauze or a wet teabag
  • Apply an icepack to your cheek if there’s any swelling
  • If you have access to it, cover any major cracks with temporary dental cement
  • If it’s painful, use an over the counter pain reliever such as paracetamol
  • Cover any broken teeth with milk, saliva or saline solution

As with any teeth problems, if you have fractured or chipped a tooth it's important to book an appointment at Envisage Dental to see a dentist as soon as possible, rather than waiting for routine dental health review. We will discuss the best method of repairing the break with you.

At Envisage Dental in Portsmouth we use resin composite fillings to match the colour of your teeth and ensure a long-lasting and natural-looking result. We also offer porcelain crowns, inlays and onlays as successful options for repairing cracked, broken, decayed or heavily filled teeth. They are hardwearing and can be colour-matched perfectly to your own teeth.

If you would like to discuss concerns with any broken or chipped teeth give us a call on 02392 380822.

Patient Reviews

People are talking about us

The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Envisage Dental. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

1072 Reviews

5.0
SL

Sheila Lett

Excellent as usual, thanks.

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Selena Peters

Taken on time for my appointment. Staff friendly. Just a shame they converted the upstairs waiting area into an office as up and down stairs for dentist and hygienist appointments. Wouldn’t be great if you had mobility issues!

31st March 2025

I have been attending this surgery in and off for 40 years .... I think that says it all!

30th March 2025

Staff always friendly and helpful. Very clean and well maintained practice.

JT

john twine

Very friendly environment from the reception to the assistants to the dentist. Just felt so much at ease. But as well as very friendly there was a reassurance too of professionalism

CF

Carole Fearnley

First class treatment and professional, friendly staff

28th March 2025

Polite and helpful reception staff. Very professional dental care from dentist.

28th March 2025

The time period set for inspection went as planed.

27th March 2025

I have been with Practice for a number of years and other family members.Always most helpful and consistent

27th March 2025

The dentists I have seen (Leona & Pedro) are kind, helpful, knowledgeable, gentle & a problem that I have had for some time has finally been resolved. They got to the root of the problem :)

25th March 2025

HelloThe dentist and hygienist and reception team are kind and helpful, and always make me feel I know what to do on leaving. Always a positive experience. Thank you

25th March 2025

This initial consultation was excellent. Well structured and a detailed explanation of the facts. I felt very confident to go ahead and book to have a scan.

JC

Jason Cook

Excellent as always, from arrival to treatment to departure.

CD

Chris Dore

Brilliant as always

23rd March 2025

Friendly reception & professional dentist

23rd March 2025

Excellent Reception Staff and Dental Staff

21st March 2025

Very professionally and smoothly executed

21st March 2025

The overall experience at this dental Practice is consistently very high standard from the Reception Team through the dental treatment received- .

CH

Charles Hardingham

Call me weird but always enjoy seeing my dentist! Appointment was early, friendly service always and leave better than when I came in! Would recommend!

BL

Barry Lewis

On time excellent service and attentive to detail with treatment

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