How are crowns removed?

[LittleLynnie]

This may sound like a very bizarre fear, but I'm terrified that my oral surgeon will accidentally try to pull my implant out.

I'm having all of my top teeth removed soon, but have an implant already and don't want the surgeon to just go merrily along from tooth to tooth and yank on that one too! I don't want to insult him by even suggesting such a thing, but it really scares me (I'll be sedated, so won't even know if this is happening). I'm hoping to find out how teeth with crowns are removed, because if they remove the crown first, it will be obvious that there's an implant underneath and I won't have to worry about this at all. I also have a crown on one of the other teeth that will be removed, but that one sits on a natural tooth root, so it isn't a problem.

So, how are teeth with crowns dealt with during an extraction? Does the dentist take hold of the crown itself and pull both the crown and the tooth out together (or crown and implant!), or is the crown removed first and then the rest taken out separately?

If the crown is removed first, I can breathe more easily, and perhaps sleep at night for the next few weeks, which would be really great.

Thanks for any information that can be provided.

 

[drm]

Usually the crown and roots come out at the same time. In this situation I think it would be wise to bring this up before they sedate you. You can bring it up with the surgical assistant who will remind the oral surgeon that the implant is there.

Especially it a situation like this, where a mistake could be easily made, it's not insulting to bring that concern up beforehand. I know I would appreciate it prior to a surgery so that I don't make a mistake.

 

[LittleLynnie]

You are a dentist who likes to help, and you've certainly helped me today!

Thank you. I will bring this up, and am very relieved to know that it wasn't just my phobic imagination running wild with such a possibility.