HEALTH CONDITION

Chipped, broken or cracked tooth

Chipping, breaking or cracking a tooth is usually not serious. A dentist should be able to treat it.

How to see a dentist in an emergency or out of hours

For urgent dental treatment: call a dentist – if they're closed, their answerphone may say what to do If you do not have a dentist or cannot get an emergency appointment: call 111 – they can advise you what to do find a dentist near you – ask for an emergency appointment You may have to pay for your appointment. Read more about NHS dental charges

What the dentist will do

Treatments for a chipped, broken or cracked tooth may include: gluing the fragment of tooth back on a filling or a crown (a cap that completely covers the broken tooth) root canal treatment for a badly broken tooth where the nerves are exposed

Source: NHS, last reviewed 09 January 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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