What to do when a filling cracks

Filled teeth cracked need to be dealt with according to the degree of cracking and the degree of damage to the teeth, if the degree of damage is light, can consider re-filling, crown repair; if the degree of damage is large, can be extracted after the choice of dental implant restoration.
1. Light degree of damage: If the tooth tissue lacks nutrition and loses elasticity due to the lack of restoration of the crown after root canal treatment, and there is a slight crack, or the tooth is slightly cracked after caries filling, the tooth can be considered to be restored with a new filling or crown.
2. Heavier degree of damage: caries or root canal treatment itself after not repairing the crown, tooth filling is prone to tooth fracture, generally fracture is more serious, need to go to the hospital for extraction treatment, can choose the way of dental implants for restoration.
If the filling of the tooth is cracked, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital stomatology department, after the doctor to check and choose the appropriate method to repair the tooth. After filling the tooth need to pay attention to avoid eating hard food, light diet, can eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.