When a piece of a tooth’s chewing surface area breaks off, usually around a filling, it’s called a fractured cusp. A fractured cusp hardly ever damages the pulp, and generally doesn’t cause much discomfort. Your dentist can position a new filling or crown over the harmed tooth to safeguard it. If you‘ve split a tooth and breathing via your mouth or drinking cold fluids hurts, attack on clean, damp gauze or towel to assist ease signs and symptoms until reaching your dentist’s workplace. Never utilize topical oral discomfort medicines or ointments, or location aspirin on the influenced locations to eliminate discomfort signs and symptoms.