My dental crown fell months ago. I’ve had a root canal and now it’s kind of starting to hurt. Do I need extraction? (Photo)

Hello there, I advice to communicate directly with the Doctor who performed the dental work, express how you feel and the symptoms you are having, sometimes we leave a portion of the tooth for other reasons, or to prevent damaging the tooth structure with the preparations, there are many factors...

If you replace those old posts and crowns we need to check how is the condition of the bone/teeth underneath. Dental implant are an option, an other option is to make a new bridge from canine to canine, but, it means that we would have to grind both canines and the bridge would be a bit longer....

Although for an accurate answer a clinical and radiographic analysis would be necessary, from what you tell us, there is presence of plaque and possibly periodontal disease. So the first step in this patient would be to achieve a healthy periodontal tissue and after that analyze if it is...