Key Takeaways:
If you practice good oral hygiene with diligent daily brushing and flossing, you’ve probably wondered how often you should get your teeth cleaned by your dentist. Perhaps you’ve asked your dentist, “Is once a year good enough, or could I get by with a cleaning every 18 months?” Or maybe you schedule biannual professional dental cleanings as part of your standard oral health care regimen.
When someone chips a tooth, they often don’t know what to do. Finding a piece of enamel in your mouth after an accidental impact on your face or by biting down on something too hard is disconcerting, to say the least. Often, a person’s first instinct might be to seek a mirror to determine how bad the damage looks. Of course, if a person has suffered other injuries due to an accident, the chipped tooth might not be top of mind. Whatever the scenario, a person who chips a tooth often does not know whether to treat it as an emergency or not.