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Just been eating honeycomb and one of my molars has chipped, if i call my dentist first thing should i be able to get an appointment on the day? Any idea how they would repair it and the cost?
There is no pain, the filling is still in place

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I'm not a dentist but in my experience they will drill out the old filling and refill while using the filling to form the missing side of the tooth.

Hope that's the case would rather not have the tooth pulled

I'm a dentist. The hole looks a bit brown, so there may be decay underneath the filling. Phone first thing and you should be offered an emergency appointment tomorrow. Shouldn't be too expensive to fix. A new amalgam costs around £20 NHS in Scotland. Privately anything from about £50-100 ish, but how long is a piece of string!

Thanks Ash

Called the dentist and they said as no pain or sensitivity and the filling isn't moving it's not an emergency and to just keep it clean, booked in for 7th Jan but they'll call if any cancellations

Don't worry OP - exactly the same thing happened to me a few years ago but mine broke on a brioche bun! I couldn't get to a dentist for a few weeks. There was no decay or pain so they put a temporary filling in it as the chip was below the gumline and regular composite wouldn't take - I have it replaced when I go in for a check up but there have been no problems so far.

I'd steer clear of anything too hard/sticky though as I was told that once it's fractured once it's more likely to fracture again - but like I say, mine has been fine.

I've just found out I have dry socket from an extraction I had over two weeks ago however and that's a different story!

Hi all, so i have just been and had my repair done which looks and feels great, she's moulded white amalgam? to make it a tooth again :-)
She did say though at my check up my regular dentist may well suggest a crown, if so i can a refuse? I've only just had this done and surely if this is strong enough and i'm careful with what i eat it should do me a few more years?
Another dentist came in and checked the tooth before she did the work and said it all looks fine, no decay.

My break line was above the gumline

Sounds like mine. Still going strong years later.

Fab :-) really don't want a crown!

I was warned if it doesn’t last it will need to be a crowned.

I told them if it doesn’t last just smooth it down to gum level and filling it over as I don’t have money for a crown!

I can't believe how expensive a crown is. If this doesn't last i may have to do it but would rather not until absolutely necessary

You might get a few years out of the filling. Of course you can refuse a crown. Sometimes crowns are suggested in big fillings to help preserve the tooth though. There are occasions where if you keep nursing a tooth along, replacing or patching it up occasionally, that you might end up in a situation where you've left it too late to consider a crown, if you see what I mean.
If I were you, I'd try putting a bit of money aside every month for a few months, so that at next checkup, or the one after you have the money ready just in case.
A well fitting crown that ultimately preserves a tooth for, say 10/15 years , is much cheaper in the long run than a bridge or an implant ( if you end up losing the tooth).

Same thing happened to me, except my chip was years old and I just joined a new dentist who said they could fix the chip since x-rays showed teeth were all good and no other work needed.
Chipped tooth had never bothered me, stupidly I agreed.
Like you I agreed the white filling. But she notched the whole thing!
Couldnt bite my teeth together without sudden incredible nerve pain so after 2 weeks went back.
She removed the filling and told me my tooth was dying???!! Then started performing root canal treatment which I wasnt even asked if I wanted. I did ask htf my tooth was dying when there was nothing wrong with it before she touched it. Couldnt give me an answer. Shortly after I lost the tooth.
She also notched 3 of DP's white fillings the same day she notched mine. He was smart and refused to go back so he still has his teeth.

Botched, not notched lol good old auto correct

Was it the Aldi honeycomb? I've just lost a crown to it - it snapped straight off!