I was originally advised to have the procedure done over a year ago, and a piece of either cement or tooth worked its way outside the temporary crown yesterday. A can now also detect an unpleasant smell. I would like to have the procedure done after the new year.
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It's probably not that your tooth is too small, but there isn't enough strong tooth structure left for a tooth to retain a crown. However, there are a couple of ways around this that you and your dentist consider. One is doing a crown lengthening procedure, whereby your dentist or periodontist...
This problem you're having is not uncommon. Although you might certainly have cracked tooth syndrome, which by the way, does not usually show up on an x-ray, it may be a problem with the composite filling. Occasionally the filling will pull away from the tooth leaving a microscopic gap, and...
Go to an endodontist (root canal specialist) and have some testing done. What I most concerned about is that the crack you had is working its way down your tooth into your roots or nerve. Often called cracked tooth syndrome. Your endodontist will tell you his "prognosis", meaning how likely...
