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Looking for a caring and professional dental practice? We’re excited to welcome new patients to our clinic! Whether you’re due for a check-up, need treatment, or are looking to enhance your smile, our friendly team is here to help.
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Broken teeth

Our teeth are very strong but despite this, the stresses and strains of our everyday life can still cause them to chip, crack or break.

Common cause of these breaks can include:

  • Chewing on hard foods
  • Facial trauma following an accident
  • Damage from a sports injury
  • Untreated cavities causing the tooth to become brittle and break
  • Old, large amalgam fillings, where the remaining structure of the natural tooth can become brittle

Broken teeth can cause varying degrees of pain, from extremely painful, to discomfort triggered by hot or cold foods or drink, even to no signs of immediate pain. However, in order to prevent further damage or infection which could result in the loss of the tooth, it’s important to book an appointment with your Envisage Dental dentist as soon as possible.

Treatment of a broken or chipped tooth will depend on how severely it is damaged. For small breaks or chips it may be possible to repair in a single visit with a simple filling or bonding. For more severe breaks, multiple visits may be required to repair the break with multiple treatments.

Treatment for fractures and broken teeth

Teeth with minor chips on the edges usually don’t cause any pain or problems, but your Envisage Dental dentist will most likely repair a chip by smoothing the edge and inserting a tooth-coloured filling to prevent it from cutting your lips or tongue.

Heavily fractured and seriously broken teeth may need more complex treatment. For instance, a large cavity that causes a major fracture or break, causing pain and infection, may need root canal treatment. Cracks and breaks may expose your nerve endings, making the teeth sensitive to hot and cold air and foods.

Root canal treatment isn’t always necessary if your teeth are chipped or broken, though. Where there’s no pain or infection, cracks are filled and bound together with a specialised tooth cement, while a broken tooth will be fixed with a crown. Crowns are also used as part of the treatment for other types of splits and breaks, such as broken cusps, split roots/vertical breaks, split molars, and as a buttress against further cracks. If your tooth has decayed from the inside-out and is now broken, your Envisage Dental dentist may recommend that your tooth is removed.

Sometimes, if you have a cracked or broken tooth, it may not be noticeable because it doesn’t hurt. But no matter how minor these problems are, they should still be investigated by your dentist, as infections can arise if the problem isn’t treated with antibiotics. The best course of action is, as always, a good oral hygiene regime and regular reviews with the dentist.

What to do if you break your tooth

If you’ve fractured or broken a tooth, follow these steps immediately before booking an appointment with Envisage Dental.

  • Rinse your mouth out with warm water
  • Apply pressure on any bleeding areas using gauze or a wet teabag
  • Apply an icepack to your cheek if there’s any swelling
  • If you have access to it, cover any major cracks with temporary dental cement
  • If it’s painful, use an over the counter pain reliever such as paracetamol
  • Cover any broken teeth with milk, saliva or saline solution

As with any teeth problems, if you have fractured or chipped a tooth it's important to book an appointment at Envisage Dental to see a dentist as soon as possible, rather than waiting for routine dental health review. We will discuss the best method of repairing the break with you.

At Envisage Dental in Portsmouth we use resin composite fillings to match the colour of your teeth and ensure a long-lasting and natural-looking result. We also offer porcelain crowns, inlays and onlays as successful options for repairing cracked, broken, decayed or heavily filled teeth. They are hardwearing and can be colour-matched perfectly to your own teeth.

If you would like to discuss concerns with any broken or chipped teeth give us a call on 02392 380822.

Patient Reviews

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The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Envisage Dental. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

1197 Reviews

5.0

31st July 2025

The reception staff are lovely - they recognise me immediately and were so kind to me, following my husband’s recent death. The hygienist and dentist were also very pleasant and I trust them to look after me

29th July 2025

Listens to my concerns and wishes and explains options

25th July 2025

Lovely staff. Very friendly, welcoming and warm. Dentist was on time and able to help us with the issue my daughter had. Really happy, they make her feel safe and included which eases a lot of worry or anxiousness for her.

25th July 2025

My filling came out the night before and I was able to get an appointment that day

25th July 2025

The efficiency of the receptionist and the clinical expertise of the dentist, dental nurse and hygienist.

25th July 2025

The staff are always so friendly, and very attentive, they always make sure that you are ok during treatment, and are very good with you if you are a nervous patient, the reception ladies, are always bright and cheery, and make you feel at ease prior to going in to see the dentist, great team.

24th July 2025

Professional staff across the board. Clean, well maintained, asthetically pleasing surgery.

CM

Chris Le Manquais

Leona & assistant are lovely, makes you feel relaxed & puts you at ease ! Reception staff always pleasant too.

KM

Kathy Mullins

The girls on reception are always very friendly and accomodating.

23rd July 2025

After not attending for a few years the staff made me feel at ease , The dentist was very friendly and helpful

AF

Adrian Fretter

Lovely staff at this non-NHS dental practice.

19th July 2025

Lovely dentist

19th July 2025

With both the dentist and hygienist both carried out their examination with complete courtesy and professionalism giving advice and explaining any way to improve dental hygiene etc.

19th July 2025

I was welcomed in a very friendly manner. I only waited a couple of minutes to be seenMy dentist was extremely efficient in her work. I asked her for follow up advice on information she had given me at my last appointment. She talked me through options and has enabled me to make a decision on future treatment ie a particular type of denture. The dental assistant was attentive. The surgery was clean and smart.

19th July 2025

All the Staff are perfect, they really look after you, Rodica, has been my dentist for nearly 15 years now, she has looked after me brilliantly and without any pain, and im not the best patient and a little lazy

DH

Dawn Harris

It was very friendly and professional made me feel relaxed as I always get nervous .

JD

Julie Dennett

A good overall experience today - no work required. The reception staff were lovely as was the hygienist. The dentist and her assistant were, lovely, friendly and welcoming.

KB

Kane Benham

All the staff are fantastic, always helpful, accommodating and supportive, Rodica, is simply amazing, been my dentist for many years now, has always looked after me, and advises and tells me off when needed lol, the hygienist team do a fantastic job, and all in all it’s a great practice

WJ

Will Jones

The team at Envisage Drayton are friendly, helpful and very professional. I’d really recommend this dental practice for their great service!

KP

Kim Pullen

Excellent service as always, thank you!

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