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Difference between crack in tooth or cracked tooth syndrome?
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Not much: Many teeth have cracks as you get older. Enamel is brittle and as you clench, grind, bite it causes some microfractures which eventually lead to cracks. Cracks are not a big deal until they become deep, deep enough to reach the pulp of the tooth. Once that happens their is intense pain on biting; the tooth most often needs a root canal or extraction to solve this problem. A crown is normally rec.
Answered 4/17/2015
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Discomfort: Teeth with cracks generally do not hurt. Teeth with cracked tooth syndrome generally hurt when biting. This makes it important to treat cracked teeth before they begin to hurt, or before they actually fracture.
Answered 8/15/2012
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Pain: Cracked tooth syndrome is diagnosed when there is pain on release when biting. No pain if there is a crack.
Answered 3/12/2013
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