Broke a front tooth REALLY badly yesterday

DirksDiggler

it was a lateral incisor. All that was left was a few millimeters of tooth protruding from the gum. Anyway, I went to the dentist today and he temporarily restored it with what I think he called a temporary crown. He wants me back in mid April to start work on a permanent crown, one he'll do with porcelain. Anyway, the cost will be €800 and in my state of despair I forgot to ask him the following:

A few years back, about three, I chipped a small piece off the bottom of another of my front teeth and had it treated. The dentist (a different one) rebuilt it as good as new and it cost nothing (I was and still am holding a medical card). Was that a crown or a simple filling I would of had back then? If it was a crown why am I being asked to pay so much for something that was previously free?

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That would have been a filling. Fillings are fine if teeth are not very badly broken, crowns are for very badly damaged teeth. Medical card covers white fillings on front teeth but not crowns.

DirksDiggler

A filling. Duh!

Thanks for that, didn't really realize as the only fillings I ever had were on my back teeth and were done down into the tooth. Never occurred to me that the procedure could be applied to the front or sides of teeth.