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Pressure, tightness, and sensitive on gum area where I had my dental crown placed 4 days ago. Is this normal? (photo)

elarraldeMar 16, 2019
I had a dental implant surgery on August 31, 2018. Everything went well with healing process and the abundent . Then on March 12, 2019, dentist placed crown 4 days ago. It doesn’t hurt when I chew gum, food etc. but it feels pressure, tightness, the gum is sentive achy . Is it normal to feel all that after 4 days of having placed crown?

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Dr. Pedro Paulino, DDS
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Answered on Mar 27, 2019
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Richard Gochman, DDS (retired)

I would assume that you had been asked about the these crowns before they were permanently cemented in. Discussions about position, shape, contour are usually done at the try in, and if necessary changes could be made to try and satisfy your wishes.  Overall, your teeth look nice, and the 1...

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Pedro Paulino, DDS

According to the images that he sent his crowns in emax have good size. Possibly you are comparing the size of the emax crowns with the posterior teeth, it is normal that the emax crowns (front teeth) look bigger than the posterior teeth, since they usually have different sizes because they are...

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Paul D. Kantor, DDS

You could see a general dentist first for an exam and x-ray. I would want to make sure that it’s actually the crown that’s loose and not the entire tooth. Pain on biting could mean there is a crack in the tooth or you might need the root canal retreated (in that case I would see an end...

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