One of my front teeth is grey (darker than the rest)?!
Question:
One of my front teeth is grey (darker than the rest)?
When I was 9 my neighbor fell on my head and broke half of my front tooth. I couldnt find the missing piece. When i was 16 i went to a dentist and he said the nerve is dead. I had an operation done to remove the nerve and filled up the tooth temporarily untill I get a cap. Now im 17 and i noticed my half of the broken tooth is grey ...Why? and how do I fix it??
Answers:
Have your DDS. do a internal beaching. The dentist makes a small hole behind the tooth, removes some the RCT filling and places a tiny cotton pellet with a bleaching solution into the chamber, they either leave the pellet in place for a week and seal with a temporary filling and repeat procedure until you like the shade the tooth has lightened to., or warm a instrument and scorch the pellet to release the bleaching agent in to the tooth and see the results right away. But that also has to be repeated. This happens because the tooth had a root canal and it is no longer vital, the bleaching will do the trick, or if you want a permanent fix, a veneer or crown.