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aaronpdx
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A little less than a year ago, the intense pain from bruxism I was having had me seek out a specialist. I was hitting 85% on my right side; I could barely touch my left teeth because of crowns on the right that were way too big. As part of Disclusion Time Reduction (DTR) therapy, the specialist shaved down parts of the crowns and added new material (composite filling) to the backs of my upper canines/cuspids so that when my mouth came together, they discludes off the back of the teeth more quickly. I'm doing 100x better than I was. I used to have pain so bad I couldn't sleep at night and I couldn't chew on my right side.
BUT I'm told the composite material won't last forever and the specialist recommends putting crowns on. It's on the front teeth not back, so not tons of pressure on them, but, still, I grind my teeth some still and it'll eventually wear out.
I've read 5-7% of crown preparations need root canals due to the trauma against the exposed dentin. But these are teeth I don't believe I've had fillings in, which is what most of those root canal teeth end up being from (deep fillings/multiple fillings).
Still, I'm kind of avoiding getting the crowns because even the chance of pulpal "insult" and root canal has me scared. I've had six crowns on root canaled teeth, but those were already "dead" teeth. These ones are healthy!
I don't know.
BUT I'm told the composite material won't last forever and the specialist recommends putting crowns on. It's on the front teeth not back, so not tons of pressure on them, but, still, I grind my teeth some still and it'll eventually wear out.
I've read 5-7% of crown preparations need root canals due to the trauma against the exposed dentin. But these are teeth I don't believe I've had fillings in, which is what most of those root canal teeth end up being from (deep fillings/multiple fillings).
Still, I'm kind of avoiding getting the crowns because even the chance of pulpal "insult" and root canal has me scared. I've had six crowns on root canaled teeth, but those were already "dead" teeth. These ones are healthy!
I don't know.