Originally Posted by Bryanna

Lynne,

Thanks for clarifying. I sometimes forget all of the incidentals with each case and don't want to go back and re read everything.

I am wondering if the crack has deepened and/or gotten larger? If that were to occur, bacteria would initially encase the cracked portion of the tooth and that would cause inflammation on the gum as well as internally. Unfortunately this would lead to infection in the tooth. But it may be slowly developing.

It can be very difficult if not impossible to diagnose a cracked or fractured tooth unless the crack was blatantly visible or obvious on an x-ray. Has anyone mentioned this possibility to you?

Bryanna