Small chip on front tooth

[BumFLuff]

Woke up to find small chip on bottom of a front tooth no idea how I did it. It's small but noticeable don't think it warrants a veneer, I read online about bonding, anyone had such chips repaired or is it better to leave ?

[Peanut Gallery]

I am very good - or very bad - at falling off my bike, and take much bigger chips out of my front teeth. My dentist uses a white glue that she builds the tooth up to the correct size and then sets it with a UV light.

This normally works very well - until I fall off my bike again - or you do something silly like chewing fingrnails - biting un-popped pocorn kenrnels etc.

In short, chat to dentist, it is easily and fairly cheap to get fixed.

[Bill]

They're easily fixed AIUI, but I've never bothered. It'll feel odd on your tongue for a while though.

[BumFLuff]

Peanut Gallery said:

I am very good - or very bad - at falling off my bike, and take much bigger chips out of my front teeth. My dentist uses a white glue that she builds the tooth up to the correct size and then sets it with a UV light.

This normally works very well - until I fall off my bike again - or you do something silly like chewing fingrnails - biting un-popped pocorn kenrnels etc.

In short, chat to dentist, it is easily and fairly cheap to get fixed.

Thanks I have appointment on Monday, sent the not very clear picture of it to my dentist and he said '20mins appointment small filling', from what you describe it sounds like you had 'bonding', I would prefer bonding as filling sounds like drilling involved.

cheers

[asfault]

If it helps i have literally just got back from a small filling on a tiny cavity where food had gotton stuck over time on my top right tooth. 15 mins appointment one painful jab of the needle (they always say a sharp scratch but its worse than that imo) but after 2 secs pain gone and work was done within 10 mins.
Numbness gone after 2 hrs.

[cringle]

Bruxism. Google it.