Accidentally chipped front tooth by biting a fork when eating, what to do?

[ToothPatient]

The other side of that front tooth was chipped from year ago, don't know how that happened.

But this got chipped this evening when I was trying to bite a brussel sprout in half and caught the fork.

I could tell from the sound something had gone wrong.

What do I do from here?

I have a review appointment with a prosthodontist in 12 days regarding a 2nd upper molar that was crowned, maybe he could composite bond it?

Or the endodontist who did the root canal on that tooth might see me, he was a very skilled general dentist for years before moving into endo.

Is this an easy fix, or what should I do now, basically?
Just coming off a pain root canal on that molar that felt traumatizing, last thing I need is another procedure on another tooth.

 

[Dr M]

It seems like an easy fix. Could be fixed with a normal filling, although small fillings on the edge of an incisor tend to break if you are not careful afterwards.
You can ask your prosthodontist to fix it, although he might charge you more than a normal dentists for a filling. Alternatively you could contact your usual dentist.
This is not an emergency however, so don't stress too much.

 

[ToothPatient]

I got my endodontist to do it, looks great, but I hope it holds up.

He's very skilled so I trust his work.

He was also a specialist in restorative dentistry before he went into endodontics.

But he charged me for two fillings (he fixed the chips on both sides), which amounted to three hundred (European currency).

He also saw me on short notice as he said he noticed stress factures on the back of the tooth and wanted to fix the chips in case they got worse.

Was that reasonable? 300 hundred for 20 minutes work?

I shouldn't complain but woah...... teeth are not inexpensive to get fixed.

 

[Dr M]

Like I said, specialists ask a premium above the normal rate a general dentist would ask. I assume that this might be the norm for your country when seeing a specialist.