Hello,
during children's play my 9-year-old grandson broke a tooth – the upper central incisor. They have already tried twice to glue the broken fragment back on, but each time it fell off again after only a week. Is there a more durable solution? We would not like this to affect his self-confidence, because the broken tooth is very visible – it is broken in a curve ending in a point.
Thank you for your answer and kind regards,
Tjaša

Dear Sir/Madam!

Tooth fragments that we try to bond back onto the tooth surface are usually not the most durable solution. It might be better to rebuild the tooth with composite material, which is also a completely non-radical procedure and provides good aesthetic and functional restoration. If this solution is also not satisfactory, we use fixed prosthetic rehabilitation (a veneer or a crown), but this requires intervention in the hard tissues of the tooth concerned (preparation).

Have a nice day!