A broken tooth is unpleasant in every respect. Fresh fractures can cut nastily into the tongue and cheeks and make chewing and speaking a pain. But if you're travelling when the tooth breaks and your next dentist appointment isn't for a few days, you need to help yourself in the meantime and make it easier to move your mouth.


What can be done as a quick remedy if a broken tooth cuts into the tongue?

From personal experience, the best way to get rid of pain quickly and effectively is to chew gum.

Take a chewing gum, preferably a tooth-friendly one, chew it as softly as possible and then stick it with your fingers over the sharp fracture point of the broken tooth. This cushions the tooth and prevents direct contact between the tongue and tooth.

Of course, the chewing gum only lasts for a certain amount of time, so you need to have several ready when it comes off so that you can immediately stick a new one over it.

Try to suck out the flavour of the chewing gum before eating. When eating, it can be difficult to keep the chewing gum in the right place, so you have to press it down with your tongue from time to time.

I myself "wore" the chewing gum on my tooth for a few days until the cut in my tongue healed and the sharp edge of the broken tooth was rubbed off a little.