Just bad luck, dental question

wazza99

Hi just wondering if our friendly dentists could give a view ?

Lower rear molar heavily filled but still alive, no issues(ie previous pain). Cracked a corner off, replaced but only lasted 3 months, dentist suggested a crown would be best to preserve tooth (no root filling as stable).

Had prep done 3 weeks ago bit sensitive during drilling but as expected, due back tomorrow.

Over last 3 weeks got to say the tooth's been a bit lively, noticeable lets say....partly i put down to the temp crown being a tiny bit high ?
But certainly not trouble free, not to say ive been kept awake or remotely had to take pain killers, just not as quiet as i would have hoped for.

Last 3-5 days been better tho as if it may be finally calming down (or nerve dying ?) i appreciate sometimes the trauma of crown prep can tip teeth over the edge

Just wondering what we should discuss tomorrow ? leave temp on longer ?, root filling to be safe ? put crown on and hope for best ?

My gut choice would be to afix perm crown with some sort of temporary cement just in case, is that even possible ?

Toothsmith

You need to discuss it with the dentist - but all the things you've listed above are perfectly possible, and would be the things to ask the dentist.

Teeth can be a bit sensitive with just the temporaries on sometimes, so I wouldn't be unduly concerned - but I know absolutely nothing about that tooth, or what condition it was in before the treatment was started.

wazza99

Thanks, ill report back today with an outcome :-)

wazza99

Well im back, my dentist wasn't too concerned with the issues over last few weeks, she said its quite common for temp crowns to be "troublesome" said if ultimately a root filling was needed they could go through the crown ? but she feels it will settle better with new crown on.

Took some effort to remove old one, drilling involved so its made the tooth a bit dicey again...new crown needed some trimming ! but bite is good, just feels bit tight against neighbouring tooth, she assure me it will feel off for about a week but i should get used to it ? Floss was tested and was very tight but went down.

So now i have a gold tooth, next to a silver tooth all i need now is bronze :-)

Toothsmith

All sound good to me.

Temporary crowns don't have good contact points, so the teeth next to them 'relax' into the space that tooth should occupy. This often means the new crown feels tight when it goes on. It usually feels fine within hours though.

wazza99

Thanks never knew that bit about teeth "relaxing" :-) i like the idea of a relaxing tooth...bit like man leg spread :-)