Posts Tagged ‘crowns’

I recently had my teeth crowned for cosmetics reasons

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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I recently had my teeth crowned for cosmetics reasons. However my bottom teeth look lopsided i.e. one side is “lower than the other so that when I smile my smile looks crooked. I don’t know how to better describe this. As important I have one heck of a lisp which I did not have before the crowning of all my teeth. I feel self conscious when I speak to someone not to mention that I do TV film work and need to speak on a commercial. Is this a side effect of having all of the teeth crowned? Thank you for any suggestion you might have for my dilemma.

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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

I paid £8000 last July for new crowns on all my upper teeth

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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Hello, I paid £8000 last July for new crowns on all my upper teeth. At first, when I looked closely, I could see the tops of some of crowns near the gums (i.e. small ridges where crown was not inserted far enough); but I decided not to say anything, as over-all my teeth felt and appeared better than they had in years. However, within ten months, one of the crowns broke off. Reluctantly, my dentist agreed to replace it for free, and ordered the replacement. When it arrived two weeks later, he tried to put it in place before I noticed that it was several shades darker than it should be. At my insistance, he reluctantly sent it back. Two weeks later again, the colour matched, but he forced it into place. In fact, I now realise that he has drilled into one of the other crowns in order to allow a gap between it and the new tooth. The gap between the new tooth and its other neighbour is too narrow for any dental floss; it is totally closed. Incidently, after 24 hours, the new tooth is loose. After all this, I do not trust the dentist to do any more of his “repairs”, yet I cannot afford to go to another dentist and pay for the work. What recourse do I have?

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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

i had removable braces as a teenager

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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I had braces as a teenager – the fitted braces followed by removable ones. my teeth slipped back over the years and are now becoming more crossed over at the front. I have two crowns – one on either side (where the removable brace fitted – not sure if that weakened them causing me to require crowns) – could I get an invisalign brace or will this not work due to me having crowns. I also have a wisdom tooth on one side which is very close to the back – will this need to be removed? Or could I have one of my crowned tooth removed and allow my teeth space to straighten with that gap

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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

my crown fell out last night

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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I had crown fitted about 18 months ago and last night while i was eating a piece of cheese it came away,i do brush my teeth twice a day and had a check up 4 weeks ago and i have them cleaned by a hygenist yearly . i paid £240 for my crown and i wondered if i get any guarentee with this or will i be exspected to pay this sum again.

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Dr Komal Suri Smile Design Dental 33 High Street, Wendover, Buckinghamshire HP22 6DU Web: www.smiledesigndental.co.uk  Tel: 01932 223 479 View My Profile Dr Suri

I have three upper back teeth that have been capped

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
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I have three upper back teeth that have been capped and the gums are receeding and showing a black line. Do the caps need replacing or do I need gum surgery?

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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

I have a loose crown, the front top left tooth beside

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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I have a loose crown, the front top left tooth beside the eye tooth. It has been loose for about 2 years. My dentist kept saying it wasn’t that loose but on a recent visit decided it was and that it should be removed. She has tried to remove it twice and yesterday used what I think she calls a crown remover which is hammered onto the tooth. This, in fact, seems to have tightened it and she still wasn’t able to remove it. The X ray does not show any sign of a crack in the post or tooth but she fears the tooth could be split and that is why it is difficult to remove. She’d like to try again but I fear more banging with the crown remover may break the root if it is not yet broken. She took an impression as an interim measure in case it is broken and I’d need a denture as a temporary measure before an implant or bridge. Would it not be better simply to leave it to loosen on its own than cause more stress to the root in trying to remove it. I would really prefer to save the tooth if at all possible and feel I should have a second opinion. It now only wiggles marginally, since it seems to have tightened with her manipulation yesterday, and there is no pain. The surrounding gum appears to be healthy.

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Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk

i had crowns put on most of my teeth years ago but

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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I had crowns put on most of my teeth years ago but in 2003 i began to get sick was long time before i recieved any treatment to slows down the descurtion of my bones it has made my crown keep falling off and large separtment of front teeth, bone destruction of gum bones now every tooth in my mouth hurts when i try to eat,,And 2 caps fell off and the tooth under curmbled and broke off at even with gum, i am to embrassed to smile anymore ,dont know what to do i do not think i can handle false teeth, my mouth now looks very bad and hurts to eat also can not stand cold things to toch teeth had to stop eating cold thing any idea would be greatly thankfull for thank you brenda baldwin

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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

I have just had 4 crowns on my four front top teeth

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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I have just had 4 crowns on my four front top teeth. This was because I had previosuly had root treatment on two of them and the teeth were getting worn away in between where you would normally floss. I had teeth whitening and opted for crowns. I only had these done last week but now have three small triangles inbetween the tops of the teeth where it looks as though the gum inbetween each teeth has been chopped off. As I left the dentist he said the gum would drop down and was like that just because the four temporary crowns (all in one block) had pushed the gums up. After a week they havn’t dropped – will they? If they won’t what can I do? They look far worse than my old teeth!

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Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister

I have heard of crowns coming off but

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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I have heard of crowns coming off, but I have had a crown for about 18 years and it broke at dinner tonight. Is this normal, to break? Also, is it going to cost as much as an original crown to replace? Anything I should ask my dentist? On average how much less is a replacement vs. the original? Thank you for your time, I appreciate it very much.

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Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk

how much will a dental crown cost privately

Monday, September 29th, 2008
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I have 2 post crowns and 1 has come out i am on the waiting list to be registered with a dentist for the past 8 months , i have been re afixing the crown with temp cement but the root needs cleaning as it will not fit properly as it is a front tooth i desperatley need to have it sorted how much would it cost to do it privately ?

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Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister