Sorry if I'm in the wrong place, but I couldn't find a dental chat.
I've been having tooth ache last few days, but cannot work out where it is coming from. I have been taking a lot of time the last few days with my dental care, and have been very thorough when brushing and flossing. I've also been inspecting my teeth (the best I can) really closely to work out where the pain is coming from.
I have a metal crown over my back molar, before my wisdom tooth. I had a root canal down about 15 years ago. My new dentist recommended that I had it crowned to preserve the tooth. So around 18 months ago, he crowned the tooth.
I've just noticed that the top of the crown is around 5mm away from the gumline at the front and about 2mm at the back.I have a very narrow and over crowded mouth, so I haven't noticed before.i had to really stretch my mouth and go "cross-eyed" to see that far into my mouth.
The gum above that tooth is slightly tender so I'm wondering if this is the cause of my pain? Surely a crown should go right up to the gumline? If it turns out that this tooth is the cause of my pain, do I have any redress? The nhs website says I only have 12 months to complain!
Anyway I have an emergency appointment booked with the same dentist tomorrow about the tooth pain, what do I do?
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Dental crowns, should they go to gumline?
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happyis · 08/03/2016 23:13
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