creekster |
07-17-2007 12:33 AM |
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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay
(Post 102200)
over the weekend. It's one of the back molars. It has a filling in it, and actually last summer a little chunk of the tooth broke off, but it didn't hurt at all. Then Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning a larger chunk must have broke off and I guess I swallowed it because the whole back part of the tooth is missing now and it hurts a bit.
So I have an appointment to see the dentist tomorrow about the matter. My dad's telling me I'm probably getting a crown. How long does it take for them to actually install the thing in my mouth? None of this sounds very fun, but right now it's interfering with my ability to eat, and I so I figure I better go get the problem addressed sooner rather than later.
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This will depend entirely upon your dentist. Old style is they drill out your tooth, leaving only a base for the crown, and then take a cast of your mouth, which they send ot a lab who fashions a crown for your mouth some days/weeks later. You are fitted with a temproary crown and then leave, tpyically with cold sensitivity, not to return until your permannet crown is ready. You return ofr a visit to have the permament crown fitted some time later.
My current dentist, however, is in the modern world and I love it. He drills your tooth down to the stub, and then digitally images your mouth. He then uses CAD type software to design your crown replacement. This takes only a few minutes. Then he color matches your teet, and chooses a porcelain blank that matches, and then puts the blank in his mill, which is controlled by the CAD software, and causes a permanent crown to be made on the spot. This is then fitted and cemented in place and you are good to go. No return visit, the whole thing takes 60-90 minutes. As someone with far too mcuh crown experience, the new way is by far, even if more expensive (and it relaly isn't) the best way to go.
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