Another new crown - is it ok??

sudzs

After all the trouble I had with a crown (some might remember my various threads about same! :rolleyes: ) I finally had to have it replaced as my new dentist discovered using floss, a ledge just barely below the gum line after which the gum became very inflamed and oozed horrible stuff so between us we decided probably best to just replace it.

So I had the new crown put on last week but there is a sort of line running down the glaze on one side of it, from top to bottom. It is the inside so of course my tongue keeps checking it out! Though I can only just make it out with my tongue, with a fingernail I can really feel it clicking over it and I can run it up and down the groove.

I was back at the dentists the day after it was fitted to have the adjusted part polished off and mentioned it to her then, asking if it was a crack! :eek: She said "oh yes, I saw that and thought it might be a crack but it isn't. I looked closely and it is just where the glaze was poured there between the cusps...."

I would like to think a dentist wouldn't dream of fitting a crown that had a defect but as I have had such bad experiences fit my previous 3 dentists my trust levels are a bit in the doldrums.

Now this is the third crown on the same site and I am sick at the thought that this one might not be right either. So wondering if anyone would like to let me know what you think of a crown with a sort of a groove running down through the glaze. I know it's so hard to give an opinion without seeing it but any advice appreciated before I go back to her tomorrow for a filling.

BTW, I'm inthe UK and it's private treatment, not NHS.

Thanks for reading!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Sudz, the saga continues. Problem with private in the UK is that its too tempting to cut costs to fit the same crowns from the same labs that do the nasty NHS stuff. Can you be sure your not getting a NHS crown for private fees? This sounds to me like poor quality lab work, a good lab would never let a crown out of their lab like that.

sudzs

Thanks for the prompt reply fitzgeme!

but dear god, why on earth did she fit it if it was of poor quality??? She's not even 2 years qualified! You'd imagine she'd still be full of youthful ideals of quality care and perfection.

AND she knew this was the third crown to be fitted there. AND that I was refunded for the very poor one she just replaced so why oh why would she stick in a below standard crown???

How am I going to approach this tomorrow?

day dreamer

Hi Suds

you just have to be upfront about your concerns and complaints. If there is a genuine problem with the crown the dentist should not have an issue in correcting it. It could be an issue with the lab but it is up to the dentist to sort this out and use an appropriate lab, not you!

If it is a problem with the glaze it can be removed and reglazed but certainly you should not be feeling it with your tongue

sudzs

day dreamer wrote: »

Hi Suds

you just have to be upfront about your concerns and complaints. If there is a genuine problem with the crown the dentist should not have an issue in correcting it. It could be an issue with the lab but it is up to the dentist to sort this out and use an appropriate lab, not you!

If it is a problem with the glaze it can be removed and reglazed but certainly you should not be feeling it with your tongue

Can a crown be removed and then put back on?? That all sounds a bit messy, taking it off, reglazing and refitting. And I'm not too anxious to have a crown removed again - for the FOURTH time!!! :eek:

I could live with this crown with a groove if I knew it's strength and longevity weren't compromised. But to think I was given yet another NHS quality crown having paid £400 for it, well I can't live with that.

I'll see what she says today after I have part of a huge amalgam removed and replaced. Fingers crossed that doesn't go wrong too.

Does ANYONE know of a decent dentist in the southwest???!!! :rolleyes:

btkm8unsl0w5r4

There is only one thing to do at this point sudz.....

sudzs

Oscar Uninterested Rack wrote: »

There is only one thing to do at this point sudz.....

Oh LOL!

Just back and the filling isn't being done until tomorrow... so I never mentioned the groovy crown! I'll wait until she's finished the work, I don't want to upset her too much just before she starts putting sharp probes and whizzing cutting implements in my mouth. :rolleyes: