After the dentist placed a CEREC crown on my back molar 6 months ago, I have returned to their office 5 times for bite adjustments. The crown still feels large in my mouth. It rubs against my cheek, and my bite feels uneven. Since it hurts to bite down, I sought out a second opinion. At the second dentist's office I had an x-ray done. The second dentist filed down my crown some more. My crown is still not comfortable. My bite feels weird. What could be wrong? The adjustments are not helping.
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You need to see a dentist to have the bite adjusted. This is one of the problems with vacation dentistry. The original dentist that placed the restorations isn't available to you to manage any problems. And it's likely that another dentist doesn't want to take on the responsibility or liability...
My advise is to try to get your build up and crown asap, but if you need to wait for insurance to be effective just be extremely careful chewing on the side of the crown. Crowns with CEREC technology can be done on the same day in just a couple of hours.
The crown does appear to be bulky on the cheek side of it. As far as if it is high or not, you're the only one who would know. If you feel it is high when you bite, you need to have it adjusted. It could cause serious issues if left like that.
