A Crown Before Removing a Wisdom Tooth?

Hi: Unfortunately without photo and X-ray it is difficult to give you accurate advice.  Please post photo and X-ray of the affected area. Best, Dr. Maddahi

As a dental professional, one of our jobs is to rebuild teeth that are highly compromised and not in the best of shape.  This can be from trauma or from decay or other reasons.  One of the challenges that we have is that we are currently unable to make materials that are as good as the...

If there was decay or fracture below the gum line, the dentist would have to extend his preparation below the problem area so that the problem area is covered by the temporary crown and permanent crown.  Many crowns and temporaries are below the gums.  This is usually not a problem...

If the crown felt fine before being recemented, and then needed adjustment, it is possible that the crown did not go back to the original position.  This might be a problem if there is now an open margin.  You should ask your dentist to take an x-ray to see if it now fits properly...

It all depends on how large the gap between the teeth are.  If small, generally composite bonding or two porcelain veneers or two porcelain crowns will do the trick.  If large, than oftentimes better to treat the four front teeth, this enables the dentist to distribute the space among...

If you are going to do flap surgery with any osseous (bone) reshaping you would wait 4-6 weeks.  If just gingival recontouring with scalpel, bur, diamond or electrosurge you should wait until healing, which is as long as it takes.  If you are speaking about only doing laser gingival...