> 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
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> 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