if a tooth is going greyish / black any idea

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what might be happening and what to expect at the dentist? i read somewhere on the web that the tooth may have to be pulled out but i prefer saving teeth if i can. is this possible? also the tooth next to it had to have a crown done a few years back as i broke it on Marks and Spencer cereals as they had a stone in the cereal. they paid for the cost at the time after writing quite a few letters but this crown has now not lasted and it is not because of me that i got a crown - and the pain i had to go through - in the first place? is there any way of getting them to fund this? it may also be because of this that the tooth next to it has gone blackish.

also my partner has a tooth that is broken can he get his tooth rebuilt and on nhs are both of these expensive costs? thanks in advance for any help.

Toothsmith

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what might be happening and what to expect at the dentist? i read somewhere on the web that the tooth may have to be pulled out but i prefer saving teeth if i can. is this possible? also the tooth next to it had to have a crown done a few years back as i broke it on Marks and Spencer cereals as they had a stone in the cereal. they paid for the cost at the time after writing quite a few letters but this crown has now not lasted and it is not because of me that i got a crown - and the pain i had to go through - in the first place? is there any way of getting them to fund this? it may also be because of this that the tooth next to it has gone blackish.

also my partner has a tooth that is broken can he get his tooth rebuilt and on nhs are both of these expensive costs? thanks in advance for any help.

Could be a few things.

Might be that the tooth is dying, in which case it would need root-filling (or extracting). It might be the colour of the filling material starting to show through the tooth, in which case it doesn't really need anything doing. It might be fresh decay in the tooth, in which case it would need a filling. It might be a condition called porphyria - in which case you will go mad and die!!!!!! (Porphyria is a very rare disease, but is what caused 'The Madness of King George III - I don't for one second imagine it's porphyria, but I'm just illustrating the point that a tooth changing colour can have many causes, and asking for an answer on the internet is virtually impossible!)

As for getting new crown from M&S - I think you'll find the letter that came with their cheque would have said something about 'full and final payment' or 'goodwill gesture with no admission of liability' or something similar.

You'd probably have a better chance persuing the dentist who provided the crown that 'didn't last' but even then, you'd need to show it was a fault with he crown, and not a fault of the way you've cared for it.

A for your partner - yes, he should be able to get it built up one way or another on the NHS, provided it isn't so broken down that it would be better off out.