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Broken or Chipped Tooth · Henderson, NV

Broken or Chipped Tooth
Repair in Henderson

Chipped or broke a tooth? Save any piece you find and call us, and we tell you what to do right now. A small chip is often rebuilt with bonding, and a bigger break may need a crown, which Dr. Goh decides once he sees the tooth.

When to skip the call

After a hit to the face or head, heavy bleeding, or trouble breathing or swallowing, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911.

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  • Top Dentist, Las Vegas
  • 27 years in practice
A chipped front tooth today, and the same tooth with bonding addedTwo views of the same front tooth. On the left, today, a corner of the biting edge has chipped away. On the right, with bonding, tooth-colored composite is layered onto that corner. The tooth underneath is untouched: bonding adds material and nothing is drilled away.TODAYWITH BONDINGGUMTOOTHCHIPPEDa corner of the edge is goneADDEDcomposite layered on topnothing drilled away
Cost
We tell you the price before we treat anything. Every fee is on our Dental Costs page.
Time
Broken teeth get priority. Call and we find you the soonest visit.
Insurance
Most PPO plans pay part of a filling or crown. We check your plan for you. Insurance and payment
What
Repair for a chipped, cracked or broken tooth: bonding, a filling or a crown.
What to do right now

Before you get here, four small things.

None of this replaces a call, but it protects the tooth until Dr. Goh can see it.

01 · Save it

Keep the piece

Keep any broken piece in a small cup of milk or water and bring it, because sometimes Dr. Goh can bond it back on.

Bring it with you
02 · Rinse

Rinse gently

Rinse your mouth with warm water, and if it bleeds, press a clean piece of gauze on the spot for a few minutes.

Warm water
03 · Cover

Cover a sharp edge

Dental wax from a pharmacy, or sugar-free gum, can cover a sharp edge so it does not cut your tongue or cheek.

Pharmacy wax
04 · Comfort

Cold, not heat

A cold pack on your cheek can ease swelling, and an over-the-counter pain reliever, taken as the label says, can help too.

Until your visit
How much tooth wall is left decides the repair: a filling, an onlay or a crownThree cross-sections of a back tooth, from left to right, as the tooth wall runs out. With a small cavity and the walls sound, a filling repairs it. When one cusp has been lost, an onlay covers only the part that failed. When most of the walls are gone, a crown covers the whole tooth.MOST WALL LEFTLEASTTOOTHGUMFILLINGsmall cavityfills the holeONLAYone cusp lostcovers one cuspCROWNmost walls gonecovers the tooth
Bonding, filling or crown

How much tooth is left decides the repair.

A small chip in the enamel is often rebuilt with bonding. Dr. Goh roughens the enamel so tooth-colored resin can grip it, shapes the resin to match, and hardens it with a light.

A break that takes a corner of a back tooth, or runs deep, leaves less tooth to hold a repair. Then a filling or a crown is the repair that lasts, and Dr. Goh shows you why on your own tooth.

Does it need a visit today?

Chip, crack or break?

Not every chip is urgent, and what matters is pain, a sharp edge, and how deep the break goes.

  • Can wait for a normal visit

    A small chip with no pain and no sharp edge. Book a visit, and keep the piece if you have it.

  • Call today

    Pain, a zing with cold, a sharp edge, or a crack you can see running toward the gum.

  • Go to the ER

    A hit to the face or head, heavy bleeding, or trouble breathing or swallowing.

A crack can grow without pain, because it has not reached the nerve yet. A tooth that twinges when you let go of a bite is worth a look, even if it never hurts otherwise.

Dr. Irwan Goh, who plans Broken or Chipped Tooth Repair care at Smiles by Goh in Henderson
Dr. Irwan Goh, DDS
27 years in practice · solo in Henderson by choice
Your dentist

Dr. Goh plans your care himself.

  • Dental degree, UCSFDoctor of Dental Surgery
  • Certified Digital Smile Design providerSmile plans start from your face
  • At least four more dentists review itEvery Digital Smile Design plan
  • LVI Global graduateAdvanced cosmetic training
  • Academy of Facial EstheticsFace and smile together
  • Top Dentist, Las VegasDesert Companion
Digital dentistry in the office
  • iTero 3D scans
  • CBCT 3D imaging
  • 3D-printed smile previews
  • Invisalign Outcome Simulator

The honest answers.

7 questions
A chip with pain, a sharp edge that cuts your tongue or cheek, or a crack running toward the gum should be seen soon. Call us for those, while a small chip that does not hurt can wait for a normal visit. Either way, keep any piece you find.
Bonding a small chip is usually one visit, and Dr. Goh matches the shade to the teeth beside it so the repair blends in.
It comes down to how much healthy tooth is left to hold the repair, since bonding grips the enamel around a chip. Once a wall or a corner of a back tooth is gone, a crown covers and protects what remains. Dr. Goh shows you the tooth before he decides.
It depends on the repair, and Dr. Goh writes the price down before he starts. At Smiles by Goh, bonding is $1,100 per tooth, a tooth-colored filling is $209 to $361, and a crown is $2,062 with the build-up included. Most PPO plans pay part of a filling or crown.
For a small chip, yes, until a normal visit, but a deeper break is different. A crack keeps growing toward the root, and a break that reaches below the gum leaves fewer ways to save the tooth. Keep the piece and book a visit.
That is common, because a wide filling leaves thinner walls around it, and those walls flex with every bite until one gives. Dr. Goh checks how much tooth is left before he chooses between a new filling and a crown.
More questions (1)
Yes, new and existing patients can call us. Tell us what happened and whether it hurts, and we tell you what to do next.
Broke a tooth?

Call us. We'll tell you what to do next.

Tell us what happened and whether it hurts, and we walk you through the next step. Then we get you in as soon as the schedule allows.

Open four days a week: Monday to Thursday one week, Tuesday to Friday the next. 8 AM to 5 PM, with an early day on Thursday (7 to 3) or Friday (7 to 1). No evenings or weekends. Call to check which week it is.

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