My #14 molarcrown came open when I blew on it to clean out some "debris". It looked like a little crab! I quickly put it back tog. I saw a dentist the next day; told his hygienist what happened. She could not make it reopen.Do silver crowns somehow reseal themselves? Will I get decay if a crack is still there?if decay forms, how long will that take to show up and what are the symptoms? It wad decided to reglue the crown in place. Thank you for your very kind response.
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It is certainly possible to put a crown on a wisdom tooth. If there is enough solid tooth structure and the tooth is in an appropriate position, it shouldn’t be a problem.
It is possible that the crown was not properly cemented or may have an air bubble. My recommendation is to go see a dentist before the situation gets worst or you end up losing the crown.
Based on my experience, darkening around a porcelain crown is more likely to be present whenever metal is used as a substructure for the crown ( PFM or porcelain fused to metal / gold crowns). PFM crowns have an opaque “non-precious metal” , “semi-precious metal” or “high n...
