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 09:53PM

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Daisy 55

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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?

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#2 06-03-2018 10:09PM

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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.

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#3 06-03-2018 10:20PM

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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?

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#4 06-03-2018 10:27PM

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Regular dentist.

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#5 06-03-2018 10:32PM

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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?

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