NervousUSA
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I am having a strange experience with a crown, that I don't think is normal. I was wondering if other people who have had crowns could read my description of what happened, tell me if they think this was normal, and if not, what is going on here, and let me know what they would do in my case. I am in the USA.
When l was heading out the door of my dentists office after the impression was made for a crown the receptionist called me back and said the dental assistant wanted me to go in person for a “custom shade” to the crown maker. There has never been any discussion of the color of the crown with me by the dentist, assistants, or hygeinists. So l went to the crown maker. When l got there the crown maker just had a patient leave his room and left his room himself and went to the back. I went quickly to the bathroom, so could have missed it if it was really fast but didn’t see anyone enter the room to clean it. When l came back, after a while the crown maker came back too and went to his room. He called me in after a few minutes. I could see into the room the whole time and didn't see him wipe anything down or anything like that. When I went in the crown maker picked up a small device of colored tiles from his work surface, put it in my mouth, took it out, took off one tile, and took a picture of that in my mouth with a large camera, then took out the tile. I can’t believe this camera was being disinfected between patients, with his hands going from inside people's mouths to the camera, and l don’t think the cluttered work surface was either, though I don't know. I think l swapped saliva with a lot of people. I am not sure. I am disgusted and angry and feel like I don’t want my crown anymore. However I feel like I could be wrong and some kind of cleaning went on very quickly that I missed, or I am missing something that would have made things more hygenic than they look. I am mad too no one talked to me about color at all and now l can’t whiten my teeth. If someone had talked to me about color l would have asked to go lighter. A decision was made for me to have this "custom shade" match with no discussion with me, and I went along with it without realizing what was going on until too late. The crown is supposed to be installed next week on my dental implant as the last stage of 9 months of treatment.
My questions for people who have had crowns.
1. How was color of your crown dealt with, does what happened to me seem normal to you?
2.Would you bring up what happened at the crown maker to the dentist? Do you think there is any point to doing that?
3. Would you bring up that you would have preferred a lighter color, not a match? If so, would you bring up that no one discussed it with you?
4. Do you have any other advice for me in handling this situation?
Many many thanks to anyone who can share their experience or offer me any advice.
When l was heading out the door of my dentists office after the impression was made for a crown the receptionist called me back and said the dental assistant wanted me to go in person for a “custom shade” to the crown maker. There has never been any discussion of the color of the crown with me by the dentist, assistants, or hygeinists. So l went to the crown maker. When l got there the crown maker just had a patient leave his room and left his room himself and went to the back. I went quickly to the bathroom, so could have missed it if it was really fast but didn’t see anyone enter the room to clean it. When l came back, after a while the crown maker came back too and went to his room. He called me in after a few minutes. I could see into the room the whole time and didn't see him wipe anything down or anything like that. When I went in the crown maker picked up a small device of colored tiles from his work surface, put it in my mouth, took it out, took off one tile, and took a picture of that in my mouth with a large camera, then took out the tile. I can’t believe this camera was being disinfected between patients, with his hands going from inside people's mouths to the camera, and l don’t think the cluttered work surface was either, though I don't know. I think l swapped saliva with a lot of people. I am not sure. I am disgusted and angry and feel like I don’t want my crown anymore. However I feel like I could be wrong and some kind of cleaning went on very quickly that I missed, or I am missing something that would have made things more hygenic than they look. I am mad too no one talked to me about color at all and now l can’t whiten my teeth. If someone had talked to me about color l would have asked to go lighter. A decision was made for me to have this "custom shade" match with no discussion with me, and I went along with it without realizing what was going on until too late. The crown is supposed to be installed next week on my dental implant as the last stage of 9 months of treatment.
My questions for people who have had crowns.
1. How was color of your crown dealt with, does what happened to me seem normal to you?
2.Would you bring up what happened at the crown maker to the dentist? Do you think there is any point to doing that?
3. Would you bring up that you would have preferred a lighter color, not a match? If so, would you bring up that no one discussed it with you?
4. Do you have any other advice for me in handling this situation?
Many many thanks to anyone who can share their experience or offer me any advice.