Q.
I have a cross bite. I have just had three front teeth prepared for porcelain only crowns £600 each. Titanium posts have been fitted. These are my two front teeth & one on one side next to them. The other side one remains & is a good tooth I want to keep it. When the crowns arrived for fitting a gap was evident between one front crown & the real remaining side tooth. My dentist explained as the temporary crowns had been on so long the real side tooth had been pushed across by them. Also that my bottom teeth had moved upwards to meet the temporary crowns although not obvious, to add to this the colour was not as translucent as my dentist wanted so they were returned for adjustment. Personally I didn’t like the look of them but then that may have been initial feelings. While being adjusted one of the crowns was broken & the original impressions cracked. The technitions have now said that they won’t make more porcelain only crowns for me & metal/titanium is the only option. I understand my remaining real side tooth is very white & matching the colour is a problem – I want to keep this tooth. My dentist has also said I might have to have some lower teeth adjusted bacause of the cross bite, I don’t want to touch my lower teeth to accomodate the new crowns. Also I don’t really want metal crowns having decided on porcelian from the start. The end result being my dentist has said it is now the only option unless I want to see a crown specialist or another dentist & has given me time to think about it/decide. I need to sort this out soon as am aware my teeth are moving & I don’t want to make things worse.What do you think – what would you do?