Help - what is wrong with my gum/tooth?

Question

Help what is this problem??

earlier this year at easter i had a lot of chocolate....

1 of the things was a chocolate bar - solid at the bottom - i accidently bit into it too hard with my little frount tooth

since then it feels ...........bubbly, exposed, slightly throbbing - very slightly - doesnt hurt - just feels weird

i went to the dentist - he told me to have some hot salty water -4 a few evenings - i did

about 2 months later - it was still there! - so i went to the dentist again - he said he couldnt see anything...

help - it went away for a few months - now it is back again!!

what is it??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26002494@N03/2779235400/

Answer 1

It sounds like you have a hairline crack - just something tiny which is making you uncomfortable.

If it hurts keep on with the salt water - but maybe your dentist could paint on some of that fluoride paint they use/used to use on young children's teeth to seal the area.  I had this done to one of my teeth and it was fine after that.

Answer 2

According to the picture attached it seems fine, but what exactly are you feeling, is it pain, esthetics's trouble. Please be more specific, i guess if a part of tooth structure is tipped off, it is easily restored by a composite restoration, but it seems just fine to me...