Just paid £3k for a new crown and it's not fitted properly

[Helpmeiiam]

To cut a long story short I had an accident last year which resulted in my 2 front teeth being damaged, it's taken a while but I finally saved up enough to get 2 front crowns fitted by a really good local private dentist.
Now one is perfect however the other one is very sensitive and I can't bite into anything with it. Also when I suck my teeth I can feel some sort of popping/movement like it's not fitted properly.
Should the dentist be able to sort this? Will I have to go through the whole thing again with temporary crowns etc? I find it all very traumatic and I'm gutted this doesn't feel right.
Surely I won't have to pay anything else?

Just go back and ask the dentist to take a look. Without seeing it we can't really advise

Go back to the dentist and get them to sort it.

I’ve had a crown on my front tooth as it was damaged when I was 9 and have had to had a proper crown fitted when I was 18 and then recently a bridge and I think implant at 50. If it’s on NHS it should look good but especially if you’re like me and paid privately for all my dental work it should be good. The dentist should explain to you if anything feels strange or if it will settle down. And if anything does need to be done and your regular dentist won’t sort it then speak to the owners (unless they’re the owner!).

@Helpmeiiam

I recently had a new crown fitted in a back molar, made after my (private) dentist took scans of my mouth and put up with (very) temporary crown whilst waiting.

when I went to have a permanent crown installed it didn't fit properly and had to be sent back to the lab and was remade. Second time round the fit was perfect and I can chew properly on that site, with no sensitivity at all.

Dentist told me to come back if there were any issues. That crown, including scans, x-rays cost me around £1500 and for that I'd expect them to rectify any problems without having to pay extra. Phone your dentist and explain the problem which they need, I think, to rectify without charging you extra. Good luck. 🌹

I read the title and imagined you having an actual crown on your head!

A dentist (even an NHS one) should never charge you extra for work but especially cosmetic work. They want your new tooth or work to be the best it can be, that you can eat with it and that it lasts. That’s why with my work they’re really insistent on flossing, using Te Pe flossers to clean around my bridge area.

I wasn’t overly impressed with my last dentist as the original one doing it for some reason palmed it off onto someone she was training. This was last spring. But I certainly made sure anything I wasn’t happy with I spoke to them about it. They wanted to do whitening which I wasn’t keen on and didn’t have done.

I'd go back to the dentist and have them check. Don't let them fob you off...I had a bridge fitted two years ago and it never felt right, it was too sensitive to chew on but the dentist (private) said it looked fine and nothing was visibly wrong on x-ray.

It suddenly started throbbing a few months later so I was referred to a private endodontist for a root canal...long story short the original dentist missed decay and crowned a decaying tooth, which continued to rot under the very expensive new crown. Now I have an abscess and need to get it extracted and an implant placed.

All this is to say not to allow the dentist to be defensive over their work and deny anything is wrong, and get a second opinion if they can't set their ego aside.

@HazelLion

It suddenly started throbbing a few months later so I was referred to a private endodontist for a root canal...long story short the original dentist missed decay and crowned a decaying tooth, which continued to rot under the very expensive new crown. Now I have an abscess and need to get it extracted and an implant placed.

Ouch! Hope you are able to get some financial recompense from the dentist who did this shoddy work. 🌹

Did you have it fitted by a dentist or an orthodontist

Use an orthodontist

I had one recently. The colour was not good enough. They were not happy I rejected it but when you are paying £3k+ and it is a front teeth I want it bloody matching.

Absolutely go back.

@Helpmeiiam
I searched dental crowns and your thread came up. How did things settle for you? Is all of it sorted out now and you’re happy and more importantly, comfortable?

I’ve had three sets of 6 upper crowns. First at 19, second at 36 and now at 62, hopefully the last lot. I had kidney problems as a baby/child/adult and was weaned on tetracyclines and many other drugs. Three lots of surgery and the teeth were done aged 19. I come from a family of fabulous teeth so, just bad luck, I guess.

This last set are atrocious. I’ve had endless pain and been back and forth for three months with bite/sensitivity issues. In short, my new zirconia teeth look amazing. But. They’re so thin now that my dentist said “try to keep your mouth slightly open to prevent touching top and bottom”.

I actually have no idea now if I’m imaging it all. The heartbeat in my teeth and nerves that feel “live” whether I’m eating or now.

Did you meet a second opinion? Was your dentist “off” with you?