Questions about Dental crowns

alison999

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

I must have a realy nice dentist because when my crown drops off he always fits me in within 24 hours.
Mind you his waiting room is always jam packed.

And I bet his staff are enjoying the run around too!

I always did what I could to help patients but theres only so many people you can see in a day.

welshdent

alison999 wrote: »

And I bet his staff are enjoying the run around too!

I always did what I could to help patients but theres only so many people you can see in a day.

aint that the truth!!
:cool:

coldstreamalways

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

I must have a realy nice dentist because when my crown drops off he always fits me in within 24 hours.
Mind you his waiting room is always jam packed.

Like I said before, your own dentist is a totally different service to NHS out of hours care. Your dentist is self employed and contracts work off the PCT, the out of hours clinic is a service provided by the PCT. Of course your own dentist is nice, he wants to keep you as a patient, the OOH clinic doesn't see people more than once, so they have no interest in fitting you in at all, especially for a non urgent problem.

Just out of interest, how often does your crown drop off?

Kamastay

Hi just wonder if anyone knows how front the tooth needs to be to have a white/non-metal crown under NHS? Many thanks.

welshdent

what do you mean by "needs to be"? They wont be non metal by the way. They would be porcelain bonded to a metal base. Normally you can not see this metal but you may see the collar at the neck of the tooth or the back of it if you are able to open your mouth wide enough for someone to see the inside surfaces. The metal also changes the way the light shines through your tooth - it does. You get a slightly different appearance then

Holly25

A quick query for any dentists or people with experience with root canals....

Back in february I had a root canal on a lower tooth (not a molar and not a little tooth one of the ones in between). He said I should go back at some point when it had settled down to see whether it would need a crown.

This is really bad but I haven't been back yet. Its not hurt at all since and it seems quite 'stable' as the tooth is quite short and wide (dont know if that makes sense).

I havent been back yet as its going to cost about 800 and i know that I will probably need a hygenist appointment etc too and I cant really afford it.

My question is if i wait a few more months unitl I have some money will it be ok?

P.S anyone wanting to know if root canals hurt...they dont!

ali-t

I am in the process of getting a crown for a tooth that had root canal treatment. I had a filling in it for years, possibly 10+ and only now that the tooth is breaking off round it am I having to get a metal rod and a crown put in. On the NHS this is costing less than £150.

Torry_Quine

I'm due to get root canal treatment in a few weeks. My crown is being put on two weeks later as my dentist says you have to have two weeks between. Total cost £180

Lemoncurd

I've had two lots of root canal, the dentist kept on saying "We might look at getting a crown on that at some point" but never actually pushed for it or suggested it needing doing then so I didn't take it as a recommendation. If she had said it needed doing I would have done straight away.
After a couple of years the first one started to crumble, eventually it split and she then said that it wasn't a candidate for a crown as the damage was too deep - the only option was to have it removed. Not sure if this could have been prevented if it had been crowned sooner.

welshdent

A root filled tooth is 6 times more likely to break than a non root filled tooth. A crown helps to prevent this whilst facilitating the formation of a complete seal around the top of the tooth to stop the root canal system leaking and getting re infected. Personally I dont see much point in having a root filling on a back tooth without having some form of decent lab made coronal restoration. Do you NEED one? Did you NEED the root filling? An extraction would have achieved pain relief and removal of dental disease. It is highly recommended in a stable root filled tooth. If you want the proper job get the crown