Sport, accident, fall: when a piece of your front tooth is gone, speed matters now. We try to see you today, or tomorrow morning at the latest — additive initial care, no crown, no waiting time. Even if your front tooth lost a corner years ago: still additively restorable — no crown, no grinding. With Scan ’n’ Smile we provide care at premium level — aesthetically, in the Two-Layer Technique. We clarify the costs transparently before the treatment.
Outside surgery hours, leave a message — we will check as quickly as possible. On the smartphone, the call button stays running at the bottom of the screen.
1. Call: +49 8170 9969031. We coordinate an emergency slot — usually still on the same day or early the following morning.
2. If you still have the broken-off piece, secure it — ideally in a tooth rescue box from the pharmacy (ideal up to 24–48 hours), at a pinch in UHT milk (max. about 2 hours, no water), as a last resort in your own saliva (max. 30 minutes). Never transport dry, never wrap in a tissue — the piece dries out within minutes and becomes clinically unusable (Prof. Andreas Krastl, Trauma Centre Würzburg — international reference for dental trauma).
At Scan ’n’ Smile we treat anterior trauma additively with composite. We scan digitally with our intraoral scanner; you see the planned shape as an on-screen preview before we start. With larger defects: initial care immediately + definitive restoration with Test Drive (smile try-on directly in the mouth) at the follow-up appointment in calm — in the Two-Layer Technique (Ivoclar Tetric on the inside, Ivoclar IPS Empress Direct on the outside).
A broken front tooth feels like a hole in the face in the first minutes. Some patients speak differently, smile differently, meet fewer people — all for the time during which nothing has been done.
You don't have to wait. We treat you promptly with a composite direct restoration.
And that also applies if your defect appears "only small". Particularly on front teeth, even minimal shape corrections change the entire smile in a way you yourself sometimes did not consciously perceive. The tooth that lost a corner was often exactly the one that carried the harmonious picture — until it suddenly no longer did. You only see the effect once the shape is back.
Imagine that, 6 hours from now, you are already on the train home — with a front tooth that has its original shape back. No further day with a hole in your smile. No "not until next week".
No. Even if your front tooth has been chipped for months or years, we can restore it additively — without crown, without grinding. We scan digitally with our intraoral scanner, plan the missing shape (on-screen preview), apply it as a try-on directly in the mouth (Test Drive), and only build up definitively after your consent. You keep your own substance. Repairable when needed, extendable in case of later changes.
At Scan ’n’ Smile we go about it differently. Our digital concept allows us to precisely reconstruct the original shape of your tooth — as close to the original as possible. The result is not a generic tooth shape, but yours. We don't give you back "a tooth". We give you back your tooth.
With a broken front tooth, one thing decides which path fits: is your original fragment still there and clinically usable — or not.
We bond the original back on. Reattachment is the fastest and most biological emergency care — no Scan ’n’ Smile needed, because your own tooth becomes your own tooth again. Original tooth substance beats every composite, also visually — translucency, colour and microstructure cannot be replicated. Prerequisite: the piece is stored moist (tooth rescue box, UHT milk) and fits cleanly clinically.
If the fragment is lost, broken, dried out or does not fit clinically — and also if your front tooth has been missing a corner for months or years — Scan ’n’ Smile comes into play. Our concept is made exactly for this situation, in which substance is missing and is not coming back: digital scan of your findings, on-screen preview, Test Drive of the shape directly in your mouth, definitive build-up in our Two-Layer Technique — you as co-designer of the reconstruction. A single session on the same day is possible; with larger defects, initial care immediately + definitive restoration with Test Drive at the follow-up appointment in calm.
We scan digitally with our intraoral scanner, check the pulp situation (vitality test, X-ray if needed), and treat with composite additively. With small defects this is the definitive restoration. With larger defects it is an initial care for an immediate aesthetic and functional result.
At the follow-up appointment (1–4 weeks later, depending on the dental nerve situation): first on-screen preview of the planned incisal edge, then Test Drive (smile try-on directly in the mouth), only afterwards the definitive build-up in the Two-Layer Technique (Ivoclar Tetric on the inside, Ivoclar IPS Empress Direct on the outside).
If the dental nerve (pulp) is exposed, we decide in the initial consultation about nerve protection or, where appropriate, root canal treatment. We provide aesthetic care immediately so that you do not leave "with a hole".
Scan ’n’ Smile with composite is, in most anterior traumas, our fast, additive, enamel-friendly and repairable variant. With larger defects, pulp involvement with root canal treatment, or when after years a composite build-up has to be replaced, ceramic is often the higher-quality solution.
When we recommend ceramic:
Dental laboratories — fabrication of the ceramic from Ivoclar IPS Empress CAD and IPS e.max CAD; CEREC and inLab as workflow devices in the practice. Hybrid restoration possible — composite initial care on the same day, ceramic definitive restoration at the follow-up appointment after pulp settling.
Adhesive composite direct restoration in anterior trauma is today the standard of enamel-dentin care — it allows minimally invasive initial care with an excellent long-term result. Reattachment of the original fragment, when correctly stored (tooth rescue box, UHT milk), is clinically published and scientifically supported by the Trauma Centre Würzburg (Prof. Andreas Krastl).
Dr Sebastian Zwinge has himself published on the optical properties of dental polymers at LMU Munich under Prof. Edelhoff:
Güth JF, Zuch T, Zwinge S, Engels J, Stimmelmayr M, Edelhoff D: Optical properties of manually and CAD/CAM-fabricated polymers. Dental Materials Journal 2013; 32(6): 865–871. PMID 24240888.
In anterior trauma the translucency of the incisal edge is decisive — this research feeds directly into the layering build-up.
Statutory cover is possible — Scan ’n’ Smile is our premium care. The following prices refer to the Scan ’n’ Smile private restoration:
We agree the additional effort for the higher-quality adhesive restoration (rubber dam, modern adhesive, multi-layer Two-Layer Technique) via a private cost agreement (MKV), typically between €150–€500. All prices are non-binding ranges. A binding treatment and cost plan follows clinical assessment.
☎ +49 8170 9969031 — call immediately, leave a message even outside surgery hours.
In an emergency, calling is the fastest way. On the smartphone the call button stays permanently as a sticky bar at the bottom of the screen — one tap and you are through. Use the online appointment if your trauma is older and you want to plan in calm.
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Gewerbestr. 17 · 82064 Straßlach-Dingharting · southern Munich
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Rebuilding without crowns.
To the treatment →Reflux, heartburn, clinical enamel losses.
To the treatment →Smoothies, sports drinks, apple cider vinegar — meant to be healthy, acid-active in consequence.
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