I personal never grind on such a tooth until the patient has worn an NTI for
a week or two.

On Feb 25, 8:23 am, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinm...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

It will not cause enamel crack or it will not damage
the tooth even more if I have it replaced ?

The tooth I felt high is actually a complete healthy tooth. Should the
dentist try to make adjustment on the crown instead of lowering the
good tooth?

Thanks

    No it will not.  It is possible that you are putting too much pressure
on the tooth when chewing, and/or that the bite discrepency may be
stimulating you to grind or clench at night.  If the bite is high it
should be adjusted; this may be enough to help your symptoms.  This
should certainly be done before replacing the crown.  It is also
possible that the gumline cavities have caused a problem for the pulp,
and this too should be evaluated.
    You may have a grinding and/or clenching problem apart from this tooth,
and this should also be evaluated and addressed.

Steve

On Feb 24, 9:20 am, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinm...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

I think the newly installed crown is too low and cause toothache on a
neighbor tooth when biting down.

If the crown is too low, will it be possible to cause enamel crack on
the higher neighbor tooth? I see a long crack line across the chewing
surface. I am not trying to against my dentist, that what he is able
to do. just don't want that bad things happen on my teeth.

Daytime I try not let the teeth touch each other. But every morning
when I wake up, I feel tired on the tooth. I am worried it will damage
the tooth even more if I have it replaced. Will the tooth adapt the
new biting itself?

Thanks

    What's wrong with the crown?

Steve

On Feb 22, 2:09 pm, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinm...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

if the crown was placed just for a short time and there is nothing
wrong on the tooth, I mean  the crown itself has some problem, how
much more tooth will lose for the replacement? Does the tooth need to
be reshaped?

Thanks

   

Sometimes the old crown can be popped off, but usually it's cut off esp.
if attempting to pop it off could be expected to put unsafe force on the
tooth.  This is a clinical judgement, and ordinarily there shouldn't be
any significant risk to crown removal.
The decay at the gumline will of course have to be removed, and the
tooth will almost certainly need to be reshaped somewhat in order to
extend past the area the decay was, as the crown will have to cover this
area.  However, the total amount of additional tooth cutting should be
much less than when the crown was done the first time.  Other than that,
the procedure should be pretty much the same.

Steve

On Feb 21, 9:20 am, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
<bornfeldm...@dentaltwins.com> wrote:

Actually this was not about lack of trust, as I have already scheduled
the appointment.  This was about the procedure, what to expect and if
there could be any damage to the underlying tooth by removing the
crown.  Does the tooth have to be re-shaped?  Just want to know what
I'm getting into.  Thanks!

    If you have doubts about your new dentist I would always suggest a
second opinion.

Steve

I had my normal 6 month appointment last week where I found out that
my previous dentist (the past 5 years) had sold the practice to a new
dentist.  He has installed all the new diagnostic tools that the
previous dentist did not have.

I had gone for 3 years with no work needed and now the new dentist
says I need to have my 2 crowns on rear molars replaced due to decay
at the gum line.  He showed me all kinds of stuff with his new x-ray
machine and oral cameral (seemed very excited about his toys).  I'm
concerned about the procedure and wanted to know what to expect.  I
guess the good news is he didn't find anything on other teeth but this
procedure scares me.

I appreciate any feedback.