A question on crowns and the gumline

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joe - 07 Mar 2007 02:32 GMT

Hi

I had a crown fitted today (actually it was the temporary one)

Couple of questions

1) Can you treat as a crown as a normal tooth -once its on - i.e don;t
worry about biting on it a lot...

2)I can still see the top of my original tooth at the gumline - i.e a
little bit of it - i thought crowns were meant to cover the entire tooth
- can anyone explain why this might be?

Its hard to describe - sort of like the crown is connected to the
original tooths insides but at the gumline the original tooth actually
surrounds the crown. You can see the original tooth just at the gumline
- obviously everything that was below it has been drilled off - the
crown is attached to th inside of the tooth (it was root canalled and
falling apart) This is only one side tho - the cheek side

will this change with the proper permanent crown? Or will that part of
the original tooth always be there? seems a bit odd

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John & Ninetta - 07 Mar 2007 03:21 GMT

> 1) Can you treat as a crown as a normal tooth -once its on - i.e don;t
> worry about biting on it a lot...

A crown will function similar to your natural tooth. Obviously, you want to
avoid any habits like chewing on pencils, etc, which is not good for your
teeth or your crown.

> 2)I can still see the top of my original tooth at the gumline - i.e a
> little bit of it - i thought crowns were meant to cover the entire tooth
> - can anyone explain why this might be?

It is actually preferable to leave a crown margin above the gum level, if at
all possible. This will facilitate in cleaning.

> Its hard to describe - sort of like the crown is connected to the
> original tooths insides but at the gumline the original tooth actually
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> will this change with the proper permanent crown? Or will that part of
> the original tooth always be there? seems a bit odd

Not sure what you mean, so can't answer this. Were you told you had a crown
or an onlay prepared?

John

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Victor - 07 Mar 2007 06:23 GMT

> > 1) Can you treat as a crown as a normal tooth -once its on - i.e don;t
> > worry about biting on it a lot...
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> John

Same question: crown or onlay?

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Amatus Cremona - 07 Mar 2007 12:10 GMT

What's a temporary crown ?

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> Hi
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> will this change with the proper permanent crown? Or will that part of
> the original tooth always be there? seems a bit odd

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Steven Bornfeld - 07 Mar 2007 13:55 GMT

> What's a temporary crown ?

(**rim shot**)

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joe - 07 Mar 2007 16:28 GMT

Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinmung@earthlink.net> wrote in news:0vzHh.124892$_
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>> What's a temporary crown ?
>>
> (**rim shot**)

Its a crown

Here is a picture I made to help illustrate

The red bit is the original tooth it is OUTSIDE of the crown but the crown
goes inside and is connected to the inside of the tooth.

http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=toothoi7.jpg

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld - 07 Mar 2007 16:44 GMT

> Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinmung@earthlink.net> wrote in news:0vzHh.124892$_
> 73.262@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:
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> http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=toothoi7.jpg

    Aw, now I have to explain the **rim shot** (you know the rim shot--the
figure on the snare drum after the comic has told a really lousy joke).
    Amatus does a lot of CEREC restorations. As such, the bulk of these
are fabricated and inserted the same day. For that reason, the tooth
generally doesn't need to be temporized--hence AC's heavily-archived
4-word question, more often than not directed to me, a phillistine who
still has his restorations fabricated at a lab not on my premises. I
have to make temporaries--he doesn't.
    Nice illustration, BTW!!

Steve

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