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luckyman316
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So you can read my history of what is going on with me if you like. But for the sake of time, I'll just tell you that I have a crown going on tooth number 31 (live tooth) and an implant going on with tooth number 30. This has been going on since May of 2020 and I'm pretty much done at the last piece now of actually getting the permanent ones being put in, after delays due to the pandemic and 2 neck surgeries (and I'm *still* hurting) and finding a new dentist to finish the job due to insurance.
Since I switched to this new dentist, he has been fantastic. The problem is the temporary crown he puts in. It *always* falls out. They decided to wait until the last part of the implant to put in the permanent one since the teeth are next to each other (I refuse to go with a bridge because last time I had one for 5 years, it fractured tooth 30 after making my teeth and jaw shift).
This is now my 4th go around on a temporary crown
- 1st time it fell out after 2 weeks, so he decided to use stronger temp glue to keep it in
- 2nd time it fell out after 3 months
- After I swallowed the crown, he made a new one, which fell out literally the next night. I refused to go back to get it done because it kept falling out
- I'm now on my fourth one on day 2 and I legit feel it so loose that I'm afraid it will fall out again. It is supposed to last me 3 weeks now.
So my question is, why does it keep falling out? Is it the glue he is using here? Does it wear off this quickly and my body is rejecting it? Is it because my jaw keeps shifting? He confirmed with a 3D CT scan that I have bone loss in my jaw from the missing teeth on the right side but the bone has grown enough around the implant to put it in, and my jaw/cheek is misaligned because of this.. but my TMJ joint is ok despite me clenching at night. Or is it because my neck structure is just so bad that when it puts it in when I'm in a chair, leaned back, it's fine but when my neck gets out of whack again it just screws up?
Obviously my bigger concern here is what happens when he goes to put in the dental implant and the permanent crown. I may not be too concerned with the dental implant since that screws in and when he fitting me for it, it felt very secure. But the natural concern is the permanent crown.
I'm ready to ask him to start a 2nd implant there, especially since the tooth has sharp pain from time to time and radiates into the jaw (he scanned this with every possible tool he had, x-ray, 3D scans, etc) and confirmed the tooth was not damaged in the slightest. Of course, same happened with tooth number 30 which ended up being a re-infected root canal and fractured tooth that none of these images could catch.
What is my next step here? Just keep going back if the thing falls out? I honestly don't have that much time while working 16 hours a day with a dentist with limited hours.
Since I switched to this new dentist, he has been fantastic. The problem is the temporary crown he puts in. It *always* falls out. They decided to wait until the last part of the implant to put in the permanent one since the teeth are next to each other (I refuse to go with a bridge because last time I had one for 5 years, it fractured tooth 30 after making my teeth and jaw shift).
This is now my 4th go around on a temporary crown
- 1st time it fell out after 2 weeks, so he decided to use stronger temp glue to keep it in
- 2nd time it fell out after 3 months
- After I swallowed the crown, he made a new one, which fell out literally the next night. I refused to go back to get it done because it kept falling out
- I'm now on my fourth one on day 2 and I legit feel it so loose that I'm afraid it will fall out again. It is supposed to last me 3 weeks now.
So my question is, why does it keep falling out? Is it the glue he is using here? Does it wear off this quickly and my body is rejecting it? Is it because my jaw keeps shifting? He confirmed with a 3D CT scan that I have bone loss in my jaw from the missing teeth on the right side but the bone has grown enough around the implant to put it in, and my jaw/cheek is misaligned because of this.. but my TMJ joint is ok despite me clenching at night. Or is it because my neck structure is just so bad that when it puts it in when I'm in a chair, leaned back, it's fine but when my neck gets out of whack again it just screws up?
Obviously my bigger concern here is what happens when he goes to put in the dental implant and the permanent crown. I may not be too concerned with the dental implant since that screws in and when he fitting me for it, it felt very secure. But the natural concern is the permanent crown.
I'm ready to ask him to start a 2nd implant there, especially since the tooth has sharp pain from time to time and radiates into the jaw (he scanned this with every possible tool he had, x-ray, 3D scans, etc) and confirmed the tooth was not damaged in the slightest. Of course, same happened with tooth number 30 which ended up being a re-infected root canal and fractured tooth that none of these images could catch.
What is my next step here? Just keep going back if the thing falls out? I honestly don't have that much time while working 16 hours a day with a dentist with limited hours.