Is it normal for a brand new crown (not yet attached to tooth) to break when asked to bite down on it?

December 1, 2016
Asked By:Edwina Cherry in Australia, AU

I had a root canal on a molar done by specialist. Then my dentist prepared the tooth for a crown. When he put the crown on the tooth and told me to bite down hard... I did....when he asked me to bite down hard a second time, the new crown broke in half. Is this normal? How can it last if it is so easily broken? Is my dentist doing so getting wrong?

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