One of the more obvious ways you might accidentally break a tooth is by biting into something that your tooth cannot break. Instead, your tooth absorbs the pressure and breaks. Here’s what you need to think about: If the food is quite tough, chewy, sticky, crunchy, or just plain hard – and it doesn’t immediately give in as it makes contact with your teeth – it’s probably too hard. Find another way to consume it (possibly cutting it into pieces ahead of time) or simply put it on your list of foods to avoid to protect your oral health.
As decay does its thing (it destroys your tooth tissue), it leaves a hole behind. Then, that hole widens and it even becomes deeper. As your remaining tissue dwindles, so does the structural integrity of your entire tooth. Any attempt to chew may result in a break.
Didn’t think that lifting weights, rollerblading, playing on a soccer team, or otherwise might lead to a tooth-to-hard-object impact? It’s always possible. Avoiding oral health damage is often as simple as wearing protective mouth guard.
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