Looking for top notch dentist in Northern Ireland for front teeth crowns!!!

PM's should be with you now guys best of luck

So just to update on my progress, I am booked in next week for the crown prep, 6 front teeth, eeekkkk!:eek:
I am also going to get whitening done, I had never considered getting this done before as fillings don't whiten so it would of made the fillings in my teeth (the white ones at the front obviously) look more noticeable, unless I went and got them all redone.

I went in and had impressions made of my teeth a couple of weeks ago, they fit me in at lunch time which was great and it wasn't bad, I thought I might gag or feel really choked but it only takes a minute and he kinda talked to me as he was doing it as he telling me it would be only another ten seconds etc, I need the whole gentle reassurance thing so I don't feel anxious.

The last few weeks but I started to wonder if I had made the right decision, I thought do I really need them? It wasn't a question of the money, it's just I kept thinking why don't I just keep getting them filled or maybe veneers would be better, seeing on-line how much tooth structure they take away was scary and I never really thought I would have any money to get them done so when it became 'real' all these other worries came about!:(

I spoke with my Prosthodontist today and he said it is the best option to get crowns, I could keep getting them filled but that's not the best option for the teeth long term and I am missing a lot of tooth structure anyway because of all the fillings. I mean I am not worried that they won't look nice or anything, I just want to make sure I do whats best for my natural teeth long term, if the best thing was to leave them as they are even though they don't look the best I would, but crowns seem to be the way to go for my poor abused teeth.

Also, just to add when I rang today with my concerns I told the receptionist what the story was and asked could I come see the Prosthodontist again and he actually rang me back later to speak with me about it so I told him all the above and he was very nice and straight forward too.

I hope this helps anyone thinking about getting crowns, I will update as I go on and let you know what it is all like.

Aww God I feel so sad for you, it's a horrible feeling and I bet you can't even laugh properly because you are afraid of people seeing them I keep blaming myself too and most people would say it must be your own fault you should of looked after them but it is not always that straight forward other issues in life can affect your dental care, I saw your other post too your having an awful time, I will PM you now and we can have a chat and I will send details on for ya.

So I got my crown prep done yesterday, the whole thing on the 6 front teeth took less then three hours and it flew by really, had a little break in between to rest my jaw etc and the dental team need breaks too ya know!
Took some painkillers as the numbness wore off as all around my gums were tender and a little sore, but I wouldn't call it pain so don't worry!

So in my mind it went like this below, maybe not in this order as I wasn't exactly taking notes while in the chair but this is what it felt like for me as a patient in the chair!
I am sure dental trained people would laugh but this is all I felt was going on even though I know it was much more technical and difficult for those doing the work.

1.Numb up
2.Prep teeth by drilling and shaping
3.Put little moulds in and out
4. Pressing around the gums
5. Louder type drill for a minute or two
6.Put the mouth shaped trays in mouth with putty stuff inside them to take a mould shape of my upper&lower teeth.
7. Close jaw, open jaw, chomp down a few times, repeat.
8.Rinse mouth out, go home.

I couldn't stop crying when I woke up yesterday because I was nervous, but mostly because I would just love not to have to get crowns in the first place, keep worrying about the future and money because obviously they don't last forever but that's that. Sob!:(

So if anyone is going in to get crowns and is worried about pain, don't be, it wasn't painful at all, after the first two injections I didn't feel the others he gave me, although I did still hold the dental nurses hand cause I hate injections.
I would say it is more annoying then anything else, just the sound of the drill really but not painful, your gums get poked around a bit so that can be uncomfortable, they were putting teeth shaped moulds in and out of mouth but if they hadn't of told me what they were doing I wouldn't even have known.

At one stage during the break the dental nurse asked if I wanted to look at my teeth and I thought she was gone mad, I didn't actually realise until she said they look really nice that the temporary crowns were on ha, I thought it was the shaved down teeth she was talking about!

Now the temp crowns do not look as good as the real stuff so don't freak out and think the end result will be like them, my real crowns will take 3 to 4 weeks to be made, I am going on hols in late August so I keep thinking of that as my end point, while I am waiting on them they also said to get my teeth whitened so they are making me bleaching trays to wear at night and I will go back for an in office bleaching.

Today I still don't have any pain, up above my teeth is tender still but that's to be expected. I'm not taking painkillers or anything I just have to be gentle while brushing the area, it kinda feels like when you touch a bruise so unless you have the lowest threshold for pain ever and can't press a bruise without crying I would say all is grand.

Be back in a few weeks with update, hope I am helping anyone who is nervous of getting them!:D