Just needed to vent, I am not in pain YET but I just know this will hurt like the devil when it kicks in. Why does enamel get thin? THe entire cap of the tooth, the bottom and three sides fell off, while I was eating and I am darn lucky to have discovered it right away so I didn't break more off. I am so upset, I just had one yanked in May and now I need to have this one yanked. Depressing.

So how bad are dentures? *sigh*

I assume you mean that the enamel fell off of a capped tooth; or am I reading your post wrong? If it's a capped tooth, I imagine it depends on how old the cap is and stuff like that. Just guessing.

Dentures probably aren't that bad once you get used to them. JMO

I meant that the bottom of it fell off all attached to the sides enamel, not that it was a cap, fell off like one though...I hope I can get used to them when the time comes because that is where I am heading at this rate.

O.K. I got what you mean. Hope things work out for you.

Oh it will, just take awhile to get in to get it yanked is all. Just upset about it is all. And needed to vent. Never had one break off like this before. I hope he can extract it without too much drilling, I have a feeling it's going to be the hardest extraction yet.

Hi Pamster,

Sorry to hear of yet another tooth problem :-(
A tooth can break off like this for many reasons. Decay or a large filling will cause a tooth to break. Sometimes root canaled teeth break off like this because they are weak from having no vitality. Or the tooth could have been fractured and you just didn't know it.

If you are not having any pain it may be because the nerve in the tooth has died which means there is an infection brewing in the tooth. I know you plan on taking care of this.... but please do not wait too long because once the infection starts to spread it will become painful.

Please let us know how you are doing.... ;-)

Bryanna