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MountainMama
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I know it is completely silly to be worried about the crowns after all I have gone through to get to this point but I cannot turn my brain off from the anxiety.
My biggest worry is with my front tooth and the implant crown not fitting. I hadn’t even realized that could be an issue until the flipper didn’t fit at all. My lower front tooth opposite the extracted upper is pushed forward due to crowding. My front tooth was pushed forward a little. When I got the flipper, I noticed I couldn’t close my teeth because my bottom front tooth hit the back of the flipper tooth fairly low on the tooth. I thought it was swelling and would subside and I couldn’t really talk at that point very well to verbalize my concern.
After a few days, it didn’t change so I went to my dentist. He had to take a lot off the back of the flipper tooth to make it fit.
Then at my cleaning a few weeks ago, the other dentist made a comment about the clearance on the lower right implants being an issue. He said something to the hygienist about how he hoped my dentist had planned for that.
So again, I shouldn’t be worried at this point, but I think it is more the fact of how much I have been through and how disappointing it will be if things don’t fit. Even if they do adjustments, I have such a hard time advocating that it doesn’t feel right. At my cleaning, I had asked the dentist to adjust my nightguard because it was hitting my bottom front tooth. He did and used carbon paper to check. Then he asked me if it felt okay. Even though I could still feel it hitting, I said yes. It was like my mouth wasn’t connected to my brain.
My biggest worry is with my front tooth and the implant crown not fitting. I hadn’t even realized that could be an issue until the flipper didn’t fit at all. My lower front tooth opposite the extracted upper is pushed forward due to crowding. My front tooth was pushed forward a little. When I got the flipper, I noticed I couldn’t close my teeth because my bottom front tooth hit the back of the flipper tooth fairly low on the tooth. I thought it was swelling and would subside and I couldn’t really talk at that point very well to verbalize my concern.
After a few days, it didn’t change so I went to my dentist. He had to take a lot off the back of the flipper tooth to make it fit.
Then at my cleaning a few weeks ago, the other dentist made a comment about the clearance on the lower right implants being an issue. He said something to the hygienist about how he hoped my dentist had planned for that.
So again, I shouldn’t be worried at this point, but I think it is more the fact of how much I have been through and how disappointing it will be if things don’t fit. Even if they do adjustments, I have such a hard time advocating that it doesn’t feel right. At my cleaning, I had asked the dentist to adjust my nightguard because it was hitting my bottom front tooth. He did and used carbon paper to check. Then he asked me if it felt okay. Even though I could still feel it hitting, I said yes. It was like my mouth wasn’t connected to my brain.