I had an implant placed where my canine tooth is. The tooth looks great! I like it. However, the back of the crown is too concave, short and not bulked up enough to match the opposite side canine tooth. My tongue goes to the back of the new crowned implant constantly--and food gets trapped between the premolar next to it and the crown of the implant. It is driving me crazy. Can the crown be replaced with more bulk in the back with the same abutment and implant?
September 1, 2015
Answer: Implant crowns If you placed and implant , some trauma must have happened to your own natural tooth such as :Infectionbone lossaccidentfailed root canalsfailed old crowns or fillingssevere decayBad biteperiodontal diseaseAll of the above means some sort of trade off with having a healthy tooth and bone structure. Therefore, implants can only do so much. Without photos and x-rays it is impossible to give you exact answer "yes or no" . Your dentist should know best. Get a second opinion if it can be improved or not, and don't expect for it to be free . As long as the tooth looks good and fits well around the abutment, your "likes and dislikes" , "is not refundable . specially there may come a time that the novelty will ware off and your tongue will quit investigating, and you'll be used to food trap and cleaning it rapidly. However, some dentist will do it at cost , or try for an improved one if possible and charge lab fees.Good luck.
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September 1, 2015
Answer: Implant crowns If you placed and implant , some trauma must have happened to your own natural tooth such as :Infectionbone lossaccidentfailed root canalsfailed old crowns or fillingssevere decayBad biteperiodontal diseaseAll of the above means some sort of trade off with having a healthy tooth and bone structure. Therefore, implants can only do so much. Without photos and x-rays it is impossible to give you exact answer "yes or no" . Your dentist should know best. Get a second opinion if it can be improved or not, and don't expect for it to be free . As long as the tooth looks good and fits well around the abutment, your "likes and dislikes" , "is not refundable . specially there may come a time that the novelty will ware off and your tongue will quit investigating, and you'll be used to food trap and cleaning it rapidly. However, some dentist will do it at cost , or try for an improved one if possible and charge lab fees.Good luck.
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April 7, 2014
Answer: Redoing a Crown over an Implant You have a crown that your tongue continually goes to - that can be soooo annoying. Tongues are such curious fellows. Depending on the type of abutment you have, you might be able to reuse the abutment. Cementable crowns are the most likely type of crowns where the abutment can be re-used. Your dentist has the answer here. Remaking a crown to make the inside (lingual) contours of your matching canine can easily be done. The contours can be expanded at the gum line so that food is less likely to get trapped. Finally, depending on when the crown was cemented, you will want to ask for a free to partially free remake...it is not your fault that the crown was not made to match the contralateral canine. That is one of the things that lab for the Center for Esthetic Dentistry looks at...knowing the inner portion of any anterior crown is key to tongue comfort and to a decrease to oral stress. Make a plea to your dentist to redo it for your for free if you just had it put in.
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April 7, 2014
Answer: Redoing a Crown over an Implant You have a crown that your tongue continually goes to - that can be soooo annoying. Tongues are such curious fellows. Depending on the type of abutment you have, you might be able to reuse the abutment. Cementable crowns are the most likely type of crowns where the abutment can be re-used. Your dentist has the answer here. Remaking a crown to make the inside (lingual) contours of your matching canine can easily be done. The contours can be expanded at the gum line so that food is less likely to get trapped. Finally, depending on when the crown was cemented, you will want to ask for a free to partially free remake...it is not your fault that the crown was not made to match the contralateral canine. That is one of the things that lab for the Center for Esthetic Dentistry looks at...knowing the inner portion of any anterior crown is key to tongue comfort and to a decrease to oral stress. Make a plea to your dentist to redo it for your for free if you just had it put in.
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