As Summer is around the corner, just a reminder, there is potential damage that comes from chewing on ice including cracked and chipped teeth, damaging your tooth enamel, sore jaw muscles, and creating problems with existing dental work such as fillings and crowns.
Teeth are not flat, and when we chew and crunch on ice or anything else, the inclined planes on the tops of the teeth facilitate the chewing motion. If a piece of ice is between your teeth and you bite down at an unusual angle, you could potentially chip off part of the enamel on a tooth or crack off a filling. You might also crack, or split, the tooth itself.
For this reason, we certainly recommend that you avoid chewing ice, especially when wearing braces as they can potentially break multiple brackets in your wiring, creating discomfort until your next Orthodontics appointment as well as delaying the process in treatment.
Remember! #SayNoToIce #LetItMelt
For more information on a cracked tooth, please click on the link below. :)
http://www.smilelanddental.com/procedures/endodontics/cracked-tooth/
For more information on Orthodontics, please click on the link below.
http://www.smilelanddental.com/procedures/orthodontics/