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Cracked Crown between Root Canal

  • 17-05-2013 12:14am
    #1
    musicmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭


    Hi there,

    Apologies if I've posted in the wrong area - hoping to pick someone's brains on an issue I have (obviously not supplementing professional advice from my own dentist, etc.) but I have a fairly urgent situation.

    Essentially, I'm currently undergoing root canal through a 2 year old crown on one of my bottom molar teeth. I've had a few visits now, and the latest appointment was today. She filled the roots up and put in a temporary filling, of which I have one more appointment to make it a permanent filling.

    Tonight, (7 hours hours later) I was eating something, when I felt a small bit of grit (not a good sign), and checked in the mirror - the inside of my tooth was exposed, and the rim of my tooth (closest to my tongue) appears sharp all along the side, and the top seems very flat on the same side. Basically, I'm freaking out incase I have to get a new crown on it. I rang the dentist to leave a voicemail etc. for the morning. There's no pain at all, but I really want to know that if someone could check an image I've linked and tell me if (in their own, non-binding opinion!) if it's absolutely unsavable. Hopefully my dentist will be able to give me a filling or file down the sharp side (or both). I won't be able to sleep worrying about it as it'll break the bank to get another crown on it. However, if it's the only option, I'll go for it as teeth aren't worth compromising over.

    http://imageshack.us/a/img13/6725/rootcanaldisaster.jpg

    Thank you so much for anyone who can give me some advice on this - I really appreciate it.

    Cheers,

    Glenn


Comments

  • #2
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    You have chipped some ceramic off the crown, an it appears a reasonably good crown otherwise. Once the root canal is complete the dentist can repair and smooth the crown, however from a sealing the root canal system, and bite point of view the crowns is best replaced.

    Congrats on taking a very decent intra oral photo...not an easy thing to do :)


  • #3
    musicmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭musicmaster


    @Fitzgeme Excellent! Thanks very much for the advice. Genuinely appreciate it!

    The dentist said that it can be fixed, - smoothened over etc. when the root canal is completed next week. But you are right re: sealability and bite, and the repair won't last forever - but will buy me a good deal of time before I replace it.

    In fairness it took about 8 shots to get that pic!;-)

    Thanks again,

    Glenn


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