I recently got a new crown on tooth #7 (it had a root canal done to it before, a lot of the tooth was damaged. After my first crown the finished product looked dark and gray once he demented it. This was an all porcelain crown. I went back and he said we need to red-so it and use zarcomium?? I just got the second crown in a month in a half and it is still all dark and looks really bad. Now he is telling me I need an implant. Does anyone know why the crown keeps turning dark on the whole tooth.
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The purple of color is because the type of porcelain crown you got is not blocking the dark color of your tooth due to root canal treatment, and the sore or discomfort you are experiencing needs to be checked by an expert dentist, specially to check the fit of your new crown, and the gum pocket.
Yes, you can have a root canal performed and a crown placed to avoid an extraction IF there is enough healthy tooth structure without major infection to support this dental treatment. In some cases of severe trauma, the tooth can not be saved.
Some people have reported odd issues like this after root canal treatment. There are holistic dentists that think root canals aren't good for your body. It may be that you are one of the few people who have a reaction to the root canaled tooth. If everything looks like, there's no sign of...
