Is it standard for the same dentist that installed the crown to charge a patient to re-set a crown after 4 months? The crown came off while eating a plain piece of chocolate (Hershey's), and the secretary said that's considered a "sticky" piece of candy and it would cost $95.
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Most likely the sweet sensitivity is coming from an adjacent tooth. Root canal treated teeth do not have the ability to get sweet sensitive. Sounds like a cavity. See your dentist before it worsens.
The crown is placed on a substructure that is strong enough to bear chewing functional load. It can be a reduced tooth, a post or an implant abutment if the tooth has been lost. I suggest you to call your dentist to have the temporary crown re-fabricated since some changes may take place...
It's likely that when you your new crown is "high." Meaning, when you bite down the first point of contact/hardest point of contact might on that crown which is what is causing the discomfort. It's important to see your dentist and have him/her check your occlusion in excursive movements to s...
