What Happens if you have a brown little hole on your tooth?!
Question:
What Happens if you have a brown little hole on your tooth?
What Will the Dentist do?
Answers:
The color of the hole is insignificant- staining of the tooth can cause the discoloring of the enamel. It is the decay in the hole of that tooth he will be concerned with. Dentists do not remove good healthy hard tooth enamel, by the way, just the soft mushy stuff to get clean, solid walls of good tooth enamel surrounding the new filling. More than likely the dentist will take an xray first to see the extent of the decay. If the decay goes into the nerve of the tooth you have to choose between root canal or extraction, if the decay does not go into the nerve he will probably recommend a filling. Depending on where the filling is located he may offer you a tooth colored filling or a silver filling. It the decay is CLOSE to the nerve but not into it, he may recommend a sedative filling for a temporary filling until he is sure you won't have any other problems with it.