Chipped Tooth

Sir Red of the Manti

Before I get a bunch of "I'm not a dentist, go see a dentist" replies, I'm going to see one.

Simple enough, chipped one of my front bottom teeth while eating a poutine of all things, conveniently on a Friday night. No pain, but it looks and feels significantly chipped. What should I do while waiting for an open dentist office on Monday? I'm thinking dental wax, but I'm not sure if that's a safe enough idea. Also, how much does it typically cost to get a chipped tooth filed down?

Aeyther

They make wax for braces thats very good at covering up sharp and/or pointy edges if there are any from the chipped tooth. As long as there is no pain, I don't think you need to worry too much about it, maybe try to avoid chewing with it too much.

I do not know how much a chipped tooth costs, never had one *knocks on wood*

Grislo

You shouldn't do anything yourself to the tooth.

Any pain when you drink something cold?

LaOs

Don't do anything with the tooth and avoid eating hard things (like carrots!) until you can see the dentist on Monday. (You can eat hard things if you bite them with your molars, on the side, instead. You just don't want to make it worse.)

[Edit]
If there's no pain, there's no reason to muck about yourself, is what I mean.

Sir Red of the Manti

Grislo wrote: »

You shouldn't do anything yourself to the tooth.

Any pain when you drink something cold?

Nope. No pain/temperature sensitivity.

NightDragon

If it's a small chip, and you really just need the chip filed down, some places might do that for free.