What to do if I just broke a piece of my tooth?

I just now broke a tooth. A quarter of a back molar is gone - swallowed actually. I called up and left a message for my dentist, but it will probably be tues. before I can go in. There is no pain.
Is there anything I should do in the meantime?

Ouch! How did you do that? Well, I would suggest that you not apply pressure to it. Also, you should eat softer foods. I hope you get it fixed soon.

Ugh, no idea what to do about it, but sorry to hear you lost part of a tooth. I had a root canal and found out at the dentist that I was missing a chunk of molar, whether from decay or not, the dentist couldn't really say.

I broke it while eating vegetable chips. I'm sure that was coincidental.

thedude, I've had 2 root canals, both a result of not taking care of a small problem right away ... sort of like life itself. That's one reason I'm going to have this taken care of a.s.a.p.

Root canals are almost as much fun as a kick in the nads, not to mention expensive.

Thank you for the support.

Grin & bear it. And start eating some of God's Food. Not man made chips!

Well first I'm... Acctully.. Well I also broke my molar (front)a cupple of weeks ago I got my filling (witch you should get)and the filling came out (when I was eating pizza. If this happen to you just bite on a towel (on your molar).

hope this helps,
mustafahaleem