capped tooth - should this be replaced?

coldstreamalways

Baby cap? I don't understand your last message. Who mentioned posts?

hethmar

The person who said the cap kept falling off.

"So a 'fixing ' post was fitted and a new cap placed over it."

Teerah

coldstreamalways wrote: »

You're both talking about different sorts of treatment. The "cap" that you would have had at age 8 is a build up of the tooth in a white filling material. DOne well these can be invisible. You can't have adult teeth permanently "crowned" (what Hethmar is talking about) at age 8 as they are only about 1/2 way erupted at that age.

The white fillings work really really well sometimes, other times they are a bug*er and come off all the time.

Permanent crowns (which are made in a lab on models of your teeth) are held on in a different way.

Discolouration on either of these restorations can be caused by lots of different things.

This is one good reason that the internet is not a good medium for discussing many aspects of dentistry.

Although not recommended nowadays, I have seen crowns done at such an early age in years gone by so its not inconceivable that both posters are talking about the same thing albeit one involving a post and one not. Thats how I read it anyhow

hethmar

Well, it really doesnt matter - lol - the point was that the cap/crown or whatever really shouldnt be falling off on such a regular basis surely.

I think Id be a bit scared of going to coldstreams surgery! :eek: I like a lot more chairside charm as does bluemonkey

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