Have you ever cracked or chipped a tooth on something?

I cracked a tooth on a hamburger. Yes, it hurt! The thing was, it didn't hurt constantly. I could go days with no pain, then, quite suddenly, it would reappear. Months later, I finally went to the dentist because I thought I might get an abscess and there's no way I ever want another one of them! I had to have a root canal and a crown put on that tooth.

$1,500.00 for one tooth! Those dentists know how to take advantage of our pain, that's for sure. I know they make tons of money, even though they'll tell you that their overhead is quite expensive. My mother was friends with our dentist and we went to their house every now and then for barbeques and stuff. That man had MONEY!!!

There's something you can buy at pharmacies or where they sell teeth supplies that sometimes will take the pain away for up to a month. I can't remember the name of it but I used it on another tooth until I could afford to go to the dentist and it really did work! You have to put this thing on your tooth 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off three times. I'll swear by it!

I hope your problem is resolved quickly. I know all too well (and all too recently with my son) what tooth pain can do to a person!

I was eating something about 3 years ago and a piece of tooth broke off. Fortunately it was easily fixed. I think they just kind of smoothed it down. It wasn't enough off the tooth to cause any trouble.

I was in a car accident about two years ago and chipped my one of my front teeth, not much but it sure did hurt.

actually, when hubby and i were on our honeymoon (we are canadian and went to buffalo, new york for it), i was eating rocky road ice cream and broke a tooth which made us have to come home a day early!

Well yes, but perhaps not in the way you are talking about. I suffer bipolar, and back when I still had teeth, I got very depressed one day, and decided to commit symbolic suicide. I grabbed an air rifle, cocked it (but didn't load it, shudder), stuck it in my mouth and pulled the trigger. You want a perfect example of a high IQ idiot? I rested the butt on the floor, and the resultant recoil chipped a perfect circle into the side of one of my front teeth. I found this so hilariously ironic that I immediately fell out of my depression, went out to the pub, scored a chick for the night (and about three more years of nights afterward), and completely messed up my depressive/manic cycle lol. I never did bother to get it fixed, figuring that it would be a wonderful reminder that all is never lost.

Lash

Hi maimilady, yes I went through the horror of a chipped front crown a month or so back and it took 10 days to get it replaced at horrendous expense. (Re your F/R you really have to read the guidelines first about responding on your own discussions, just a tip).

I got a small piece of my chip tooth after a fun boxing match with my cousin I didnt even notice when it happened but after the fight there was a tiny chip so yea I didnt feel it, I was slightly upst but I havent went to dentist or anything for it so yea.