{"id":31,"date":"2020-12-08T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/?p=31"},"modified":"2020-12-09T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T01:00:34","slug":"what-to-do-when-you-crack-a-tooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/2020\/12\/08\/what-to-do-when-you-crack-a-tooth\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do When You Crack a Tooth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ouch!<br>Chomp on something your tooth didn\u2019t like? Or get hit in the mouth with a hockey puck?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think you may have a cracked tooth, or if you\u2019re holding a piece of your tooth in your hand, follow these steps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Give us a call to schedule an appointment 323 312-0500. Let us know about your emergency and we will make our best effort to see you right away or you can also make an <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalandimplantcare.com\/appointment\/\">online appointment<\/a>!<\/li><li>If there are tooth fragments that have fallen out, preserve them in a clean container with a moist solution (cold milk, water, saliva), and bring them in to your appointment.<\/li><li>Apply a cold pack to your jaw to lessen any pain and swelling.<\/li><li>If bleeding, bite down on a gauze pad until bleeding stops. It is possible to have a cracked tooth and not know it.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any pain when biting down, or when eating something hot or cold, it\u2019s best to get it checked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to prevent further damage to the tooth or an infection, it\u2019s very important to correct a cracked tooth immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ouch!Chomp on something your tooth didn\u2019t like? Or get hit in the mouth with a hockey puck? If you think you may have a cracked tooth, or if you\u2019re holding a piece of your tooth in your hand, follow these steps! Give us a call to schedule an appointment 323 312-0500. Let us know about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/2020\/12\/08\/what-to-do-when-you-crack-a-tooth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What to Do When You Crack a Tooth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[24,14,25,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalandimplantcare.com\/bell-dentist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}