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.
All of my work was necessary. I have a private dentist and pay through Denplan. It cost me personally only £1000 for lab costs. I know I’m lucky to have had the work done at such a cost.
This last set are atrocious. I’ve had endless pain and been back and forth for three months with bite/sensitivity issues. Two top front ones “move”; I can FEEL the cement crackling. One of them bleeds still, three months on. I can’t tear stuff like say, garlic bread because the pain is excruciating. Cold/sweet stuff seems to go through the crowns right to the nerves. I’ve had so many “tweaks”. Shaving bits off, polishing, shaving a bit more, a top retainer a bottom soft guard. Endless X-rays, injections, moulds etc. 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”. How am I supposed to remember to do that!
I actually have no idea now if I’m imaging it all, now. The heartbeat in my teeth and nerves that feel “live” whether I’m eating or not. I asked the dentist “how is it that the laboratory had moulds of my teeth/bite and yet, my new zirconia came back needing such massive amounts of adjustment? This has never happened with previous sets”. I was told it’s because the lab makes them “high” now (🤷🏼♀️)”. So, they are made not to fit my moulds. No wonder I feel like I’m wearing someone else’s teeth, then.
Previous sets were porcelain, them metal backs on porcelain and now, zirconia.
I’m now very very distressed. I’m too old for this.
What can they actually Do to sort this out?