Fractured Tooth, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This book describes Fractured Tooth, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases.
A fractured tooth can result from biting on hard foods, grinding the teeth at night, and can even happen naturally as the patient grows old
It is a frequent disorder and the leading cause of tooth loss in modernized nations.
When the outer hard tissues of the tooth are fractured, chewing can cause movement of the pieces, and the pulp can become irritated.
Ultimately, the pulp will become injured to the point that it can no longer recover itself.
The tooth will not only be painful when biting but may also become very sensitive to temperature extremes.
In time, a fractured tooth may start to become painful all by itself.
Excessive cracks can result in infection of the pulp tissue, which can extend to the bone and gum surrounding the tooth.
Infections can rapidly extend to bone or gum nearby and induce severe amounts of pain and complications.
Often a fractured tooth will be painful as the patient bites down, as the tooth opens and closes slightly because of the pressure it is placed under.
It tends also likely that the patient will feel higher heat sensitivity within the tooth.
Excess fractured teeth will be persistently painful.
Causes
1. Pressure from teeth grinding or clenching
2. Fillings so large they weaken the integrity of the tooth and put pressure on the tooth
3. Chewing or biting hard foods, such as ice, nuts, or hard candy
4. Trauma or impact to the chin and the mouth, such as a car accident, sporting injury, fall, or fistfight
5. Extreme sudden changes in temperature in the mouth, from eating something extremely hot and then trying to cool the mouth with ice water
6. Age, with most teeth cracks happening in people over 50
7. Gum disease
Types of fractured teeth:
Craze lines
Fractured cusp
Cracks that extend into the gum line
Split tooth
Vertical root fracture
A new Classification of Fractured Tooth is the Ellis Classification of Fractured Tooth (Ellis I - IX)
Symptoms
Pain when chewing or biting
Pain that comes and goes
Sensitivity to heat, cold
Swelling of the gum
Diagnosis
Look, feel, probe
Use a dental dye
Patient to bite down hard
X-rays teeth
Treatment:
Bonding
Crown
Root canal
Cosmetic contouring
Dental Veneer
Extraction
No treatment in cases of hairline fractures
Fractures do not resolve themselves and instead becomes increasingly worse and worse, affecting other areas surrounding them also.
Even after they have been treated the fractures do not close and need reconstruction
Craze Lines do not need treatment but can be smoothed over with dental paste
Fractured Tooth needs treatment because it can spread down to the root
Early diagnosis is important in order to save the tooth.
If the fracture has extended into the pulp, the tooth can be treated with a root canal procedure and a crown to protect the fracture from spreading.
If the fracture extends below the gum line, it is no longer treatable, and the tooth cannot be saved and will need to be extracted.
Occasionally the gums might be involved by a fractured tooth, depending on infection and gum injury the tooth might require removal
Fractured Cusp is injured through chewing or grinding
A fractured cusp rarely injures the pulp
The dentist can put a new filling or crown over the injured tooth to protect it
Split Tooth results from development of fractured tooth
A split tooth cannot be salvaged intact
Normally the dentist will have to extract the tooth once it has reached this split tooth stage.
Vertical Root Fractures are cracks that start in the tooth root and spread toward the chewing surface
The treatment may require extraction of the tooth, bonding, root canal or crowning

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Fractured Tooth
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Dental Caries
Chapter 8 Gingivitis
Epilogue

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155767206
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	08/06/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	154 KB

About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 65. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical conditions seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com. This autobiolographical account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 550 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical conditions. The first chapter of all my ebooks is always taken from my blog A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions which was started in 2007 as a simple educational help to my patients on my first blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. The medical condition was described simply and direct to the point. Because the simple guide as taken from the blog was described as too simple, I have increased the other chapters to include more detailed description of the illness, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. As a result there are the complaints by some readers of constant repetitions of the same contents but in detail and fairly up to date. He has published 550 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health conditions and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Bouna Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. All the PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"