How to use dental wax for broken tooth?
Summary
Dental wax can offer temporary relief for a fractured tooth by minimizing thermal sensitivity until a dentist can evaluate the issue. Forum users have different experiences using wax for broken teeth, with some finding it helpful for temporary relief, while a dentist user recommends it to minimize thermal sensitivity. It's important to see a dentist promptly because there could be potential issues, such as a vertical fracture or an abscess. One user even shared their experience of using beeswax from their hives to fill the void of a fractured tooth.
Here's what our forum users are saying about using dental wax for broken teeth:
- "We frequently recommend people place orthodontic wax over fractured teeth, as a way of keeping thermal sensitivity to a minimum until the fracture can be evaluated." -- RiodeLobo, Beesource
- "I shaved a little wax off and placed it between the main tooth and the free standing fracture and pressed firmly-instant relief." -- linn, Beesource
- "I cut off a piece and after softening it a bit (like wax gum) press it into the void. It works very well." -- linn, Beesource
- "This is a bad idea. Do not do this. The free standing fracture ended up breaking horizontally. At the time the bees' wax dental temporary fix seemed like a good short term solution. It is not." -- linn, Beesource
Post Mentions
- I am a dentist. We frequently recommend people place orthodontic wax over fractured teeth, as a way of keeping thermal sensitivity to a minimum until the fracture can be evaluated. If the fracture is a true vertical fracture that extends below the bone there is little that can reasonably be...
- This is a bad idea. Do not do this. The free standing fracture ended up breaking horizontally. At the time the bees' wax dental temporary fix seemed like a good short term solution. It is not.
- Now, I remember where I read about wax fillings. I think President George Washington may have used wax fillings. I guess we know how that turned out. He ended up with wooden teeth. That explains why he was never smiling-at least in his portraits. I went back to using wax to fill the hole where...
- I guess I was thinking the side ways pressure was the problem. The wax idea I thought had been used before. I just did not want other people breaking their teeth.
- I have a fractured tooth. It is a free standing fracture from the cuspid to the base on a bottom back molar. I have some wax bars from my hives-very nice wax refined a number of times. I shaved a little wax off and placed it between the main tooth and the free standing fracture and pressed...
- I believe there are two roots to a molar. I was thinking that maybe the dentist could put this tooth back together like some sort of enamel puzzle. Now I have broken this free standing tooth-like icicle. I applied pressure to the side of the fragment by pushing the fragment towards the main...
- Thank-you for your reply. I made an appointment and I will see the dentist in 3 days on Tuesday. The cuspid fracture broke at the base I believe. The main tooth had a huge filling that came out after the fracture broke. I went back to using the beeswax from my hives. I keep a one ounce bar of...
- I have a couple really impacted wisdom teeth that I was apparently supposed to have pulled years ago and never did. Anyhow it has really jacked up my back molar I guess and I broke it on something. Its cracked down to the root and I'm supposed to have a root canal and a possible implant done...
- I have all my teeth but one. I broke mine in a disagreement when I was around 21, dentist told me to pull it and I didnt. It finally cracked down to the root last year and it hurt a bit so I went my buddies wife (tooth doc) and I opted to pull it and have no implant. Hasn't bothered me any...
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- I have a couple really impacted wisdom teeth that I was apparently supposed to have pulled years ago and never did. Anyhow it has really jacked up my back molar I guess and I broke it on something. Its cracked down to the root and I'm supposed to have a root canal and a possible implant done...
- I have a fractured tooth. It is a free standing fracture from the cuspid to the base on a bottom back molar. I have some wax bars from my hives-very nice wax refined a number of times. I shaved a little wax off and placed it between the main tooth and the free standing fracture and pressed...