At your club basketball game, you tripped while running and before you knew it, you were falling towards the floor face-first. When you got up, you felt lucky that you didn’t knock out or chip your tooth. A small fracture doesn’t seem like anything that needs to be immediately addressed, so you decided it’s best to ignore it. It can be easy putting a visit with your dentist on the back burner when you’re not feeling any pain, but that doesn’t always mean that nothing’s wrong. Read on to learn how to handle a fractured tooth and what could go wrong when it’s left untreated.
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