I had a crown done in July and all went well and thought it was done properly. All of a sudden I am having a dull intermittent pain in that area. I don't have any sensitivity when I eat hot or cold things and it does not hurt when I eat, brush teeth or bite down. Any suggestions on what this could be? I have a gut feeling its from grinding my teeth at night or my bite is off. On a scale of 1-10 the pain is about a 1.5.
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Answer: Tooth has dull ache after a crown was placed
You can always change crowns. If the crown is discolored over time you have to know why it happened. Was it a translucent crown and the underlying tooth color change?
The procedure you're asking about is called a "root amputation" and has been used in dentistry for decades. If the tooth in question is an upper molar, which usually has three roots, then the tooth that is left over will have had 1/3 of its support removed. If it is a lower molar,...
Your question reminds me of a survey once given at a dental conference a number of years ago. The dentist lecturer passed out paper to all the dentists in the audience, and there were well over one hundred dentists there. Half of the room had a question on the paper, "If this were...