I have a crowned tooth with a post on the lower right side, third from the back (or 5th from the front).

I bit into some food which was extremely hard a few days ago and since I have been in pain.

This crown has come off once before and was just glued backed in place.

Do you think it would be possible to have this tooth recrowned bearing in mind there is a post underneath too? One dentist I have spoken to said if the crown ever comes off the tooth would have to be removed, but as the crown came off once before and was replaced I cannot see why it could not be recrowned with a new crown and post.

Also, about the middle of last year I had to have a crowned tooth upper right (molar 2nd from the back) removed because of the failure of a root canal filling. The dentist had puctured the root cannal in a few places and the root cannal filling seeped out. I ended up with quite a bad infection, which distroyed some of the bone. I have been finding it more difficult to eat (chew food properly since then and feel this is why I chewed on the hard food using the lower tooth, which now is giving me pain. After all I have lost a molar which is used to grind food.

My whole bite now seems wrong.

I have a little dental insurance, which would probably cover the cost of a new crown, but not pay for implants.

Can you advise the best course of action as I do not want to lose another tooth.

Kind regards