If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Broken crown...help!!

Daisy 55 · 2018-03-06 21:53:56

Just wondering what happens next! It's a crowned front tooth. I recently had an abscess in the root. The dentist drilled through the back of the crown and did root canal. That was a few weeks ago. The crown has just snapped. Disaster! So what happens next?

06-03-2018 9:53pm

#1

Daisy 55

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 517 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2013

Posts: 464

Just wondering what happens next!
It's a crowned front tooth. I recently had an abscess in the root. The dentist drilled through the back of the crown and did root canal. That was a few weeks ago.
The crown has just snapped. Disaster!
So what happens next?

0

Comments

#2 06-03-2018 10:09pm

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2004

Posts: 9267

likely a temporary post and a temporary crown, or the dentist can retrofit the old crown to a post. Save the fragment and get to your dentist asap, they will treat it as a dental emergency. Dont fret it will be sorted soon.

0
#3 06-03-2018 10:20pm

Daisy 55

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 517 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2013

Posts: 464

Thanks for that.
The crown is intact. Broken clean off.
Can I ask you, do you think I should go to my regular dentist, or to the root specialist who did the root canal?

0
#4 06-03-2018 10:27pm

Fishorsealant

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭

Join Date: April 2017

Posts: 243

Regular dentist.

0
#5 06-03-2018 10:32pm

Daisy 55

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 517 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2013

Posts: 464

Ok. Thank you. That's a big help. Any idea how long it might take to fix? Is it like fitting a crown, where there's a temporary post first and then a permanent one?

0