The most common dental injuries

The teeth are a part of the body which are used much more than most others. They are also very much at risk when people carry out tasks which they do every single day. Simple things like eating, sleeping, chewing on a pen or playing sports all present significant risks to people\’s teeth. People are using their teeth or at least their teeth are active even when they don\’t think that they actually are and this is why there are so many different types of dental injury.

One of the most common types of dental injury is when teeth are chipped. This can happen in numerous different ways and it is quite easy for a person to do. The chance of teeth getting chipped also depends on the strength of a person\’s teeth and if they don\’t have enough calcium in their diet then they may be more susceptible to it happening. One of the most common ways for teeth to get chipped is simply through rating hard foods or through hitting them with a glass or mug.

Some people don\’t get a chipped tooth fixed straight away because some of them are hardly noticeable or not noticeable at all. A broken tooth however is usually much more obvious and so in most cases they are fixed immediately. With a large part of a tooth missing it can affect a person\’s talking and chewing so it is often essential that it is fixed quickly.

Teeth can also become weakened by a crack or a fracture and again this should usually be treated as soon as possible. It is possible to stop the fracture from worsening with treatment otherwise it might quickly become a broken tooth. All three of these types of injuries happen in similar ways and are difficult to avoid.

An extremely high number of dental injuries come from people playing regular sports. Teeth are very likely to be hit by equipment used in games such as bats, racquets and balls and usually at quite a fast pace too. Some people unfortunately have teeth which stick out a little further than others and as a result are more likely to get dental injuries in this way too.

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