Good morning ya Oprah lovers,

Today, we are talking about cracked teeth with some spicy literature that seems to cause more professional disagreements than just about any other subject in our world.

Here’s today’s line-up:

  • 🎤Should you treat that crack? Oprah sifts through the literature.

  • Coffee Break. Shoes that warn you of danger, beautiful work under a microscope, and a call for all dentists in Minnesota

  • Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams helps diagnose hopeless teeth.

Soooo, do we treat all teeth with cracks?

When it comes to asymptomatic cracked teeth, sometimes dentists can be like Oprah.

But SHOULD we be handing out crowns for asymptomatic cracked teeth like Oprah hands out cars??

For example:

Assume:

  • The patient is asymptomatic

  • No signs of radiographic or clinical caries

No judgement either way!

But, here are some interesting findings from the lit:

👉Cracks are way more common then we thought…

And of those 1,943 patients….

That’s a whole bunch of cracked teeth!!

So, we should be treating all of them…right, Dr. Oprah?

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