I had a root canal done a couple of years ago on this tooth and I was told a full crown wasn't needed since it was in the front. So I never went back to have any thing done. Over time, it broke off in half even with a filling and now the front of it has broken and it's all brown and black. I'm so scared they won't be able to crown it. I just can't afford to extract and implant a new one. Do you think an extraction is necessary?
July 13, 2015
Answer: Is Tooth Restorable Difficult to tell from just a photo if the tooth is restorable. An xray to check the root and a visual exam to check for fractures would be necessary to see if restorable. Will require a post and crown if it can be saved. I understand you would like to avoid an implant but if the foundation left to restore is not predictable, you may lose more by trying to save the tooth and then have it fail.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
July 13, 2015
Answer: Is Tooth Restorable Difficult to tell from just a photo if the tooth is restorable. An xray to check the root and a visual exam to check for fractures would be necessary to see if restorable. Will require a post and crown if it can be saved. I understand you would like to avoid an implant but if the foundation left to restore is not predictable, you may lose more by trying to save the tooth and then have it fail.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
July 14, 2015
Answer: Restorable tooth? It is difficult to say definitively from the photo wothout an xray, but it would appear that the tooth would need to be extracted and an implant placed as your best option. Your dentist would need to look and determine if their is enough tooth there to put a post in the root then build it up and place a crown. That would cost about half of an implant and crown , but it would be a weak or compromised tooth which could fail again in a few years.Since you can do the extraction now, the implant in 4-6 mos and the crown 4-6 mos after that at the soonest, you can divide up the cost into more manageable chunks. Good luck
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
July 14, 2015
Answer: Restorable tooth? It is difficult to say definitively from the photo wothout an xray, but it would appear that the tooth would need to be extracted and an implant placed as your best option. Your dentist would need to look and determine if their is enough tooth there to put a post in the root then build it up and place a crown. That would cost about half of an implant and crown , but it would be a weak or compromised tooth which could fail again in a few years.Since you can do the extraction now, the implant in 4-6 mos and the crown 4-6 mos after that at the soonest, you can divide up the cost into more manageable chunks. Good luck
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
