Cracked Tooth Repair in Lawrenceville, NJ

Yes. Call (609) 400-1393 or (609) 303-2005 and you’re seen the same day at 100 Federal City Rd, Suite 104B, in Lawrence Township. Bonding is finished at that visit, and when the crack calls for a crown, your new crown is placed the same day. If the nerve is involved, most root canals are done in one visit too.

Here, the whole repair stays in one office. Dr. Maxim Godko finds the crack and repairs it in-house, whatever its depth: bonding, an all-ceramic onlay or crown, or a root canal and a crown when the crack reaches the nerve. If the tooth can’t be saved, he removes it himself and plans the replacement at the same visit, with no referral to a second office.

Dr. Godko tests your bite on each part of the tooth, looks at it under magnification, shines a light through it and takes digital x-rays. Together they show where the crack runs, and he explains what he found and which repair fits before anything starts.

Not always. If it’s only a craze line in the enamel, it’s a cosmetic mark that does no harm, and bonding can smooth it over if you don’t like the look. A true crack, one that hurts when you bite or let go, or with hot or cold, is repaired before chewing pushes it deeper: bonding for a small one, an onlay or a crown for a larger one.

The depth decides. Small chips and surface cracks are sealed with tooth-colored bonding at one visit. A larger fracture is covered with an all-ceramic onlay or crown, whichever keeps more of your natural tooth. A root canal is only needed when the crack has reached the nerve, and lingering pain with hot or cold is the sign it may have.

Where the crack ends decides it. A crack that stays in the crown of the tooth is repaired with an onlay or a crown, with a root canal first if it reached the nerve, and you keep your natural tooth. A crack that runs down into the root means the tooth can’t be saved: Dr. Godko removes it and plans a bridge, a partial or a single dental implant, starting at $3,199 with the abutment and the crown included, and you see each option’s cost before you decide.

It depends on the repair: bonding, an onlay, a crown or a root canal with a crown, and you see the cost of each option before treatment. We accept PPO plans and most carriers, including CIGNA, MetLife, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Delta Dental and GEHA Connection Dental. No Medicaid, DMO or HMO plans accepted. We work with your insurance to ensure you receive the maximum benefit. Without insurance, our in-house membership plans and 0% financing through Cherry are available.

Yes. The hours are Monday 9 am–5:30 pm, Tuesday 9 am–5 pm, Wednesday 9:30 am–7 pm, Thursday 9 am–7 pm, Friday 9 am–5 pm and Saturday 9 am–2 pm, so a tooth that cracks during the week doesn’t have to wait for a day off.

Without traffic, about 19 minutes from each: from Yardville, NJ by I-295, and from Kingston, NJ and Plainsboro, NJ by Route 1 and I-295, to 100 Federal City Rd in Lawrence Township.

Yes. Repairs are typically done with local anesthesia, and nitrous oxide, oral sedation or IV sedation, in which you can still respond, is available, all given by Dr. Godko. Tell the team when you call, and your visit is paced around you. The team speaks English, Ukrainian and Russian.