This afternoon I had a terrific lunch. It was Mexican food and I always help myself to tons of chips and salsa. However, as I chowed down on the crunchy tortillas chips I felt a crack and then a sharp pain. I bit down wrong on one of the chips that must have been cooked a little long because it was extra crunchy. I chipped one of my front teeth. I called my general dentist right away to see if I could get in. I got his emergency line.
One of the on call staff called me back and said I could be seen at the office on the other side of town in about 30 minutes. I hopped in my car and drove through town to find the little office that I’d never been to. Apparently this was the office that was used by a cosmetic dentist that is also in my regular dentist’s practice. There were brochures for teeth whitening and braces in the waiting room.
I ended up waiting in the front for the dentist to set up for about 10 minutes. Once I got back he did an x-ray and then got right to work. It only took about 30 minutes to do all of the work. I was surprised. He put some kind of paste on my tooth that hardened and matched the color of my tooth. I think he said it was bonding. Anyway, he also told me that if I wanted to get a crown later that it might be a better option since I have to use that tooth a lot when I’m eating. I made an appointment to go get checked out again in a month.