I heard the new crown crack while being installed.

Question

I heard the new crown crack while being installed. She gave me another shot and left for a while. She returned and installed the new crown. The crack seems to run across the middle from right to left, in the valley area of the tooth. I can see that the new crown is cracked on the side and that she filled the top of the tooth with some white filler. I am unhappy about this. I don't think she should have replaced an old cracked crown with a new cracked crown.

Lance Timmerman, DMD, MAGD · Answer

Can you SEE the crack, or was it merely a sensation?  I only ask because I had a pt email that their brand new veneers were not good, that there were gaps at the gum-line and stains.  When she got to the office, there were no stains, but one could see with a microscope (she used a magnifying glass) the faint outline of the slightly yellow color of her roots of 2 lower teeth (not stain) and there were no gaps or open margins, it was simply that the edge of the veneers were not below the gum-line so you could barely make out the .3 mm distance from veneer edge to gum-line.  No risk of decay, no stains, no open margin.So it is "possible" that what appears to you as abnormal is simply normal or designed by the lab for characterization.Or it is cracked and should be replaced.

Tom Hedge, DDS · Answer

Sounds like you need to get a new crown.  Things happen.  No one is perfect, but I do think that you will need a new crown.

I heard the new crown crack while being installed.

Answers (2)

Recommended reading

Everything you need to know about Dental Crown

Our mission is to create a world where every investment in modern beauty is Worth It.

I heard the new crown crack while being installed.

Answers (2)

Browse related questions

Recommended reading

Everything you need to know about Dental Crown

Our mission is to create a world where every investment in modern beauty is Worth It.