Dental cement

Wester

Which Dental cement is best at a not to expensive price I want to glue a broken tooth back together again

Wester

And another question how long does the cement keep the tooth in place before is comes loose again

brook2jack

the forces a tooth is required to resist when biting or eating are equivalent to those on a full grown elephants foot.

There is no safe glue a member of the public can buy or use that will effectively and safely do the job.

That's without the most important question which is why is the tooth broken and has that problem been fixed?

Go see a dentist.

The bond for most dental glues costs £90 a 5 ml bottle and the glue depending on what it is costs almost as much. The expertise to sort out why the tooth has broken and the most appropriate way to fix it.........

Wester

Anybody know anymore on the subject

mal4mac

Why are you even contemplating this? I'm a bit wary of "gaming" dentists myself, but this takes avoidance to a whole new level. Go see a dentist, but go armed with knowledge of NHS charges, and get a written quote for proposed work.

Hermia

I thought those dental repair products are supposed to be just for when you temporarily can't get to a dentist? I do have a kit for when I travel, but would never use it at home (thankfully I have never needed it!). I am pretty sure the leaflet in the box does state you need to get to a dentist as soon as possible.

so_very_confused

I have small partial denture which snapped in half. I considered dental cement however I rang dentist for advice.
As first repair done for free on NHS and within 24 hours. Now that's what I call service:T
See your dentist or at least ring to ask.

Feral_Moon

Wester wrote: »

Which Dental cement is best at a not to expensive price I want to glue a broken tooth back together again

I don't think you can glue a tooth back together. It will just break off again the next time you eat something. You can, however, get a temporary filling home kit to use until you can see a dentist.

I recently used one when part of my tooth broke off exposing a filling with a very sharp edge, cutting into my tongue. It works as a temporary solution but I find it only lasts a day or two before crumbling away whilst chewing food.

This is the one I used:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000KVLKQC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00

Toothsmith

Wester wrote: »

Which Dental cement is best at a not to expensive price I want to glue a broken tooth back together again

The one I successfully (So far! ) cemented the last 3mm of a 8 year old's central incisor back on with cost £129.95 (plus VAT) for an 8g syringe.

Only available to people with a BDS though I'm afraid - so 4 and a bit years of Uni with £9k a year tuition fees plus student loans for living expenses etc.

That more helpful?

Seriously - my troll alarm went a bit haywire when reading this post!! Either that or someone seriously stupid!

Undervalued

Vaguely related, what I assume to be dental white filling has crept onto the specialist model making market as a kit with an appropriate blue light to make it set.

I suspect therefor these cements are available for other purposes, maybe at vastly different prices.

Mind you it would be a brave person who uses them in their mouth without being certain what they contain!

brook2jack

Undervalued wrote: »

Vaguely related, what I assume to be dental white filling has crept onto the specialist model making market as a kit with an appropriate blue light to make it set.

I suspect therefor these cements are available for other purposes, maybe at vastly different prices.

Mind you it would be a brave person who uses them in their mouth without being certain what they contain!

Not a chance it's dental white filling. It's incredibly expensive because the stuff has to set without heat, not shrink on setting, give off no toxic/noxious components, look like tooth, be impervious to pressure equivalent to an elephants foot , resist heat close to boiling point, cold close to freezing, ph changes from very acid to very alkali, be stable in water, have same co efficient of expansion as tooth , be resistant to sheer and compressive forces etc etc etc. It will then have to be capable of lasting in these challenging conditions for decades.

No way would you use one of the most demanding bioengineering challenges in modelling!