My dentist made me a temp crown while we waited for a perm. The temp fit fine but when the perm crown came in, it felt huge. He started drilling and I noticed I could fill it hitting the men's in my top tooth. He took a small break and I noticed that he had flattened out my top tooth completely. Now I can no longer eat hot or cold things on that side. I can't even eat chips now! Any input on what to do would be great!
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Best material would be a Zirconia crown like Bruzxir or a Prismatic Zirconia crown ( zirconia crown with porcelain overlay). Zirconia is more opaque than porcelain and hence will cover the greyish shade from the metal posts.
The good news is that you have a low smile/lip line so people will not see gums. This means that when you smile, you do not show the highest extent of your upper teeth along with any gum, so people cannot see the gum discrepancy. If I understand correctly there were other teeth...
Hi Dan,Thank you for your inquiry. This is a great question and may depend on several factors: treatment, functionality and costs. In general, it's always recommended to keep as many as your natural teeth as possible. Especially since you only have two molars per quadrant (assuming your...