A chipped tooth is a small fracture (break) to your tooth. About 80% of people over 40 years old have chipped a tooth. You ...

The common types of tooth fractures include: Fractured cusp. The cusp is the humps on your back teeth. A fractured cusp probably won’t reach the pulp of your tooth, so they typically aren’t ...

While a crack can be repaired, a cracked tooth will never be 100 percent healed, unlike a broken bone might be. But prompt treatment offers the best chance of saving your tooth and preventing ...

Composite material is suitable for repairing and replacing cuspal defects, according to research published December 20 in the Journal of the American Dental Association.