My first molar is filled and broken
Q. My first molar on the bottom right hand side of my mouth is heeavily filled and has broken. My dentist has examined it and done a temporary fix but has given me 2 options, to have a crown fitted, but has said because there is so little of the tooth itself left root is intact the crown would be quite brittle as their is very little tooth to attach the crown to, so it may fail and i may have to have the tooth out anyway. The second is to have the tooth out and be left with a gap, which i dont feel will improve my smile. Are you able to say how likely the crown is to fail, and are there any other options.
A. Many times we as dentists do try and be heroic when saving a very broken down tooth. If the root is sound but their is very little tooth above the gum and option would be to have crown lengthening involving removeing some bone around the neck of the ooth to expose mor tooth. This will allow the crown to be attached to your tooth (ferrule effect) as well as a post into your root ( you would need root canal treatment if not already carried out). This would increase the chances of success. Certainly the other option would be to have your tooth removed and an implant placed .
hello i have a broken molar at the gumline, it doest hurt it just looks odd. My dentist has said just leave it as the only other option is the pull the broken molar out and put a dental implants in which would cost a fortune.
but it seems i can have this crown lengthening and then have a crown on top of my broken molar tooth? is this is true how much would this cost me?
implant for top molar tooth cost please
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