Has anyone had a crown fitted on their tooth? Does it hurt?

[BananaNotPeelingWell]

A piece of my tooth broke on Sunday (back molar). The dentist has done an emergency filling to tide me over but I have to go back after Christmas to have a crown fitted. Two appointments: one to 'grind down the tooth'(O.M.G) and take impressions etc, and another to actually fit it. And £215-£350 depending on the sort of crown I want. God I could kick myself. That'll teach me to eat crackling from roast pork But I hate all this and am worried it'll hurt

It doesn't hurt, but it can be uncomfy having all the work done especially if you have to hold your mouth open wide for ages while they reach to the back. I usually get a headache after going to the dentist because I can't help holding my neck and shoulder muscles tight while they are drilling.
Good luck.

Oh thank you MrsCakes...I am having such a major wibble over this, but I know it has to be done now. Uncomfy I can probably handle. Full on tooth nerve pain when they start drilling and prodding is another thing

No - i've never had any nerve pain. Just make sure they keep you well topped up.

Yes will do. Lots and lots of it.

bring music to listen to v loudly so you don't hear the drill so much

this is what i did today, it helped

Its not too bad. I had one done about 7 years ago. The worst thing is fitting the rubber dental dam before the work starts. Can you take a couple of paracetamol beforehand to ease the jaw ache?

The dentist gave me loads of anaesthetic. I didn't feel a thing. Just the headache and jaw ache after. Also, its a long day, you'll feel utterly worn out after.

I had the option of an extraction or crown and I'm glad I chose to have the crown. Oh, and I chomp pork crackling on my crown too!

Thanks for posting this Banana, one of my molars that has had a root canal fell out last week, and I went to the dentist yesterday where he covered the manky stumpy bit of tooth with filling material, and I agreed to have a crown fitted
I was awake at 3am thinking 'what on earth have I agreed to!?!
I think it's the 'at least 40 minutes in the chair' that I am least looking forward to...
Here's hoping that millions of MNer's post about it all being a walk in the park

What generally gets me through dental treatment is the thought that 'if I have pushed two baby's out my fanjo, I can do this!'

Oh good idea, I could take my MP3 perhaps. You've been drilled today have you chibi? Sympathies.

Honestly, it was the least painful experience I have had at the dentist. It was the jaw ache afterwards that was annoying.

You should be fine

I've just had the second stage of my crown fitting done (back molar).

I have bad dental phobia and got through it fine, thanks to sympathetic dentist.

My biggest fear in dental treatment is the drilling and that it may hit an inadequately numbed nerve (some horrendous experiences in childhood/youth). For the first stage I was very throroughly numbed, more so than for a filling. As the treatment progressed the dentist topped up the aneasthetic a couple of times. I didn't feel anything at all, just some pushing and prodding from the impressions.

It took a long time in the chair, but the actual drilling time was short, most of the time in the chair was for impressions. The drilling itself I found MUCH more manageable than the drilling needed for a filling or filling replacement.

Afterwards I was tired and my jaw was achy from being open a long time. I had some bruising from the injection sites and the gum around the treatment site was sore for around ten days. All quite manageable with painkillers.

The second stage, having the real crown fitted was yesterday. I was numbed up, the temp crown removed easily, tooth cleaned up and crown fitted, adjusted and glued. Took 40 minutes and has been totally pain free since yesterday.

Oh you are all helping me...thanks SO much! Guano you are funny. Yes measured against giving birth it'll be fine.

I am sure you will be fine and not have any nerve pain at all. The dentist was very throrough in numbing everything. Does your dentist know about your fears? It's important to tell them; I think modern training covers managing fears like ours.

I also use an ipod to distract myself from the noise. Helps a lot. If you do yoga or meditation the breathing you use for that is really helpful (focus on the breath, long, relaxed breaths through the nose)

I've had a crown fitted, it was no worse than having a small filling done. The most uncomfortable feeling comes after the work has been done when you need to get used to the strange feeling of a new tooth ( that will probably be a slightly different shape / size) in your mouth. After a couple of days you get used to it.
If it is a back tooth then you should be able to get it done under the band 3 Nhs pricing. If it is a front tooth then the dentist might advise to go for a private crown which might look more realistic.

Hellon I am hugely encouraged by your experience, thanks so much for posting. And now you have a lovely new crown to show for it. I've always trotted along to the dentist no problem. I had a lovely dentist when I was growing up and even though he did some fillings it never hurt. My worst experiences have been as an adult at the hands of a very exuberant and rather terrifying hygienist. It really did hurt and she was rather brusque too. I think since that I've been much more nervous.

Good luck Banana be careful with the Christmas chomping, don't eat any toffees!

I am not keen on hygienist treatment, if you've any sort of sensitivity on the teeth it can really twinge

be prepared for crown work to kill off the nerve leaving you needing root canal work. I decided to crown a molar which had cracked and nothing else could be done although it wasn't causing any pain. I got it crowned then the root died off. that was excruciating and wwnt on for a couple of months as they thought it was infection or would settle. Now the lovely expensive crown has a filling in it to boot!

Banana: you should be OK. Fret not. As an oldie I have had several crowns done with no problem (I usually don't even bother with pain killing injections unless the dentist seriously advises it). The worst part for me are the bloody impressions!

OP do you usually feel nerve pain when having dental treatment? Did your dentist actually say "grind the tooth"?

About 1:5 teeth that have crowns will need root canal treatment at some point.

It's not usual (although not impossible) to use rubber dam for a crown prep.

Uncomfortable/awkward orally. Painful financially. About £500.