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Talullah
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- Nov 23, 2022
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- Ontario, Canada
Thanks so much to everyone for this support board. I've been immersed in it for the last 2 months as I'm trying to navigate a very trying dental situation. I've had a severe dental phobia for a long time after a lot of very negative experiences, most specifically that I am never numb enough and dentists have proceeded despite my protests, and a massive fear of all of my teeth crumbling and falling out. I'll post more in the general support thread, but I have a couple of questions specifically for the lovely dentists here.
I had a crown put on yesterday. It's a molar on the bottom right (not the back molar, second from the back). I opted for a gold crown, as I grind my teeth and on paper it seems like the best option in terms of strength and longevity. But now that I've had it done, I know it was a huge mistake. I hate it. I have a wide smile and I can see it when I smile. My confidence is absolutely shot. I'm a university lecturer and I talk in front of large groups of people for a living and I don't think I can live with this.
Q1: Is it possible to remove this crown and get a new one made of a tooth coloured material? I'm not concerned about the cost and I know it was my choice to get the gold crown, but I didn't realize just how devastated I would be by how awful it looks on me. The tooth is vital. It had a really large filling, which is why it was crowned. I'm absolutely terrified of losing the tooth completely due to my own dumb decision.
My second question involves the process of crowing a tooth. The dentist who did it is new to me and a fairly new grad at a clinic that has good reviews. They are supposed to be a practice that deals with anxious patients, which is why I chose them. I have seen her a couple of times for a filling, the crown prep and a temporary crown adjustment. She seemed caring and nice at those appointments. But yesterday was different. First, she was running about 30 mins late, which wasn't a big deal at all to me, but the whole process seemed rushed. She told me that I didn't need to be numb for the crown placement. This surprised me, as my tooth has not had a root canal and is very much alive. She seemed concerned because it takes longer for me to get numb and she was already running late. I went with it mostly out of fear as I didn't know what else to do. Taking the temporary off was ok and blowing air didn't really hurt. But then she needed to make adjustments to the prep. I don't know what instrument she used (sounded like a drill, but I have no idea), but it hurt, a lot. I jerked with the pain and raised my hand and she stopped, but she didn't numb me up, she just kept going on a different part. Eventually she got the crown on, after a ton of adjusting, both on the crown itself and on my actual tooth (with no anesthesia). I don't think my tooth was cleaned with anything before cementing, just blown with air. It was awful. I burst into tears as soon as I got in the car. I'm now terrified that my tooth will rot under the crown because it wasn't disinfected properly.
Q2: Is it normal for the crown placement to be done with no anaesthetic when the tooth is vital? Is it normal not to clean the tooth before placement? Are the crowns themselves disinfected before placement?
Thank you all so much.
I had a crown put on yesterday. It's a molar on the bottom right (not the back molar, second from the back). I opted for a gold crown, as I grind my teeth and on paper it seems like the best option in terms of strength and longevity. But now that I've had it done, I know it was a huge mistake. I hate it. I have a wide smile and I can see it when I smile. My confidence is absolutely shot. I'm a university lecturer and I talk in front of large groups of people for a living and I don't think I can live with this.
Q1: Is it possible to remove this crown and get a new one made of a tooth coloured material? I'm not concerned about the cost and I know it was my choice to get the gold crown, but I didn't realize just how devastated I would be by how awful it looks on me. The tooth is vital. It had a really large filling, which is why it was crowned. I'm absolutely terrified of losing the tooth completely due to my own dumb decision.
My second question involves the process of crowing a tooth. The dentist who did it is new to me and a fairly new grad at a clinic that has good reviews. They are supposed to be a practice that deals with anxious patients, which is why I chose them. I have seen her a couple of times for a filling, the crown prep and a temporary crown adjustment. She seemed caring and nice at those appointments. But yesterday was different. First, she was running about 30 mins late, which wasn't a big deal at all to me, but the whole process seemed rushed. She told me that I didn't need to be numb for the crown placement. This surprised me, as my tooth has not had a root canal and is very much alive. She seemed concerned because it takes longer for me to get numb and she was already running late. I went with it mostly out of fear as I didn't know what else to do. Taking the temporary off was ok and blowing air didn't really hurt. But then she needed to make adjustments to the prep. I don't know what instrument she used (sounded like a drill, but I have no idea), but it hurt, a lot. I jerked with the pain and raised my hand and she stopped, but she didn't numb me up, she just kept going on a different part. Eventually she got the crown on, after a ton of adjusting, both on the crown itself and on my actual tooth (with no anesthesia). I don't think my tooth was cleaned with anything before cementing, just blown with air. It was awful. I burst into tears as soon as I got in the car. I'm now terrified that my tooth will rot under the crown because it wasn't disinfected properly.
Q2: Is it normal for the crown placement to be done with no anaesthetic when the tooth is vital? Is it normal not to clean the tooth before placement? Are the crowns themselves disinfected before placement?
Thank you all so much.