I'm just wondering whether what happened to me today is normal, or a sign that I should be losing faith in my dentist.
I was supposed to be having a permanent crown today, to replace the temporary one I've had for the last fortnight. When I arrived, the dentist tried to pull the temporary crown off but couldn't, so he cut it off. The gum began to bleed profusely, and he was surprised by the fact that it didn't stop bleeding for some time. Then he put the new crown in place to show me the colour match, and I pointed out that it was too dark. He spent some time assuring me that this was due to the blood getting inside the crown, then said he could lighten it with white cement, and finally compared it with his colour chart of sample crowns, at which point he said that it was closer to A3 than to A2, which was what he had requested from the lab.
He has given me another temporary crown and sent back the crown for a replacement.
But, firstly, should that bleeding have happened? and secondly, shouldn't he have checked whether the crown was what he had requested before putting me through all of that?
I am hoping to hear that it's all fine and that I can trust him, obviously!