You can. Sometimes people do.\u00a0 A tiny chip might stay quiet. A deeper crack can turn into pain overnight, and that’s the part that catches people off guard.<\/p>\r\n
A little piece missing from the edge of a tooth isn’t the same as a tooth that split while you were chewing dinner. If there’s no pain and the sharp edge isn’t cutting your tongue, waiting a few days is often manageable.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
But if the break reaches the inside of the tooth, bacteria get an easy path. That’s where swelling or a bad toothache can show up.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A tiny chip with no pain often gives you a little breathing room, though I’d still book the appointment.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 If your face starts swelling, don’t wait. That changes the situation fast.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Sharp edges are annoying, and they can keep scraping your cheek until eating gets surprisingly irritating.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Bleeding that doesn’t settle after a short while deserves a dentist’s attention, even if the tooth doesn’t hurt much.<\/p>\r\n
Eat on the other side if you can. Skip really hard foods because they ask too much from a tooth that’s already damaged. Keep the area clean with gentle brushing, even if you’re nervous about touching it. Leaving food packed around the break only makes things worse.<\/p>\r\n
Sometimes you’ll get away with it. Sometimes you won’t. That’s the frustrating part. You can’t judge a broken tooth only by how it feels today because the damage you can’t see is often the piece that matters most.<\/p>\r\n
If the tooth only has a tiny chip and nothing else is happening, a short wait is usually far less risky than ignoring it for weeks. But pain that builds, swelling, bleeding, or a large break should move your plans around.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
You can. Sometimes people do.\u00a0 A tiny chip might stay quiet. A deeper crack can turn into pain overnight, and that’s the part that catches people off guard. The size of the break changes everything A little piece missing from the edge of a tooth isn’t the same as a tooth that split while you … Continue reading Can I Leave a Broken Tooth for a Week?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1760,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}