Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion Groups
General
GeneralCardiologyVisionDentistryPharmacyLaboratoryNutritionAlternative
Diseases and Disorders
AIDSAlzheimer'sArthritisAsthmaCancerBreast CancerDiabetesEpilepsyGlaucomaHepatitisHerpesLupusProstate BPHProstate CancerProstatitisSinusitisTinnitus

Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / December 2007

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

broken crown

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
trineebabee@gmail.com - 10 Dec 2007 03:40 GMT
I did a crown last month on my front tooth and tonight while eating
the crown broke into 3 pieces. Does this mean it was not good? Put in
wrongly? If I get a new one, what is the chance this will happen
again?
It was supposed to be a porcelain crown. I thought this was supposed
to be strong. How could this break into pieces while eating food? This
is my front tooth... Help...
Steven Bornfeld - 10 Dec 2007 12:52 GMT
> I did a crown last month on my front tooth and tonight while eating
> the crown broke into 3 pieces. Does this mean it was not good? Put in
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> to be strong. How could this break into pieces while eating food? This
> is my front tooth... Help...

    Porcelain fractures.  Porcelain is very hard, but quite brittle.  The
fracture may have started from an imperfection in manufacture, or
perhaps you bit on a hard object like an olive pit, or you grind your
teeth at night or the tooth was not properly prepared...
    Certainly having a crown fracture in one month is at the least bad
luck.  Whether this happens again depends upon the cause.  You should
speak to your dentist about this.  I know that if one of the crowns I
made fractured in a month, I would give the option to the patient of
replacing it for free.  Other materials should be considered.

Steve
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.