if you have a tooth crown, and the gum starts to recede, can you have it filled in iyswim

[piratecat]

or do you have to have a whole new crown.

there is a dark part showing between the gum and the 'tooth'. It's getting more noticable over the past 2 yrs or so.

I am with an nhs dentist, but do wonder about thier service. ok they are know to be absolutely rubbish, so need to get info!

i just mrsmudles thread, and could the dentist 'jasper' please comment here. would be much appreciated, thanks.!

yes it is for cosmetic reasons, it's a front tooth. If i was paying tho, would they do it? I mean paying nhs rates?

might be cheaper to get pregnant and pay for the upbringing of your child that pay to get your tooth fixed?

i pay £16 per month for tesco dental insurance and had my front tooth crowned privately. It worked out at £500 of which i got back about £350 from the insurance, plus a years £16 pm.
and i could recommend you a fabby private dentist.

no not pg, just getting on a bit !! dh long gone!!

i get free nhs treatment atm, so might not have to pay if they agreed to do it. i just got an idea of 2007 prices for an NHS dentist for a crown, and it's £200. There is a good private practise about 30 miles away that do them for £275.

i meant to add a grin. i like the idea and it might be true.
kerrymum, what on earth have you been up to? you're getting deleted all over the place?

i had to wait 3 months.
i think the policy has changed slightly since i took it out a year ago though, but definitely the way to go for me as i had no nhs dentist.

db a friend has recommend the Meavy Way practise in (wait for it!) Crownhill, plymouth.

boom boom

i like highland dental in ivybridge. not cheap though, but i liked what they did.

ivy'bridge'
boom boom.

db, the nhs place here, altho we all thoguth it would be a godsend, has had pateints running out in fear.

badly run, and the bedside manners are awful!! they can't keep the staff, and they don't inject you with 'good' pain numbing stuff either.

it's awful!!

lol

ok

kings 'bridge'

did you see the flooding ont news!! all the loclas in the pub with 3 foot of water, but they just put thier wellies on!!

'filham' park (only it's really a vets)
ok enough.

no didn't see the wellies. sounds good.

At our (wonderful well run!) fully NHS practice we would def replace a front crown if the gum had receded and the margins were showing. (after first identifying the cause of the recession - ie checking nothing untowards that would proceed unchecked)

If you had to pay NHS costs it would be about £100 (or 140ish if a new post was needed too)

if you were on benefits/ preg/ baby under a year you would pay nothing

piratecat it is indeed sometimes possible just to fill in the gap - but only if there is an actual crevice as opposed to just exposed dark root showing.

Aesthetics will be best by replacing whole crown.

We are in Scotland ( and get patients travelling to see us from England and Ireland but don't tell anyone )

I don't understand the new NHS system in England and neither do my dentist friends who are forced to work under it

thanks jasper.

now.

how do i get to your nhs dentist place then!!

i live in teeny town with one abysmal practise run by mad women with to much makeup on and bad hairstyles.

ah a bit far for me to go then!!

the crown and i have been together for about 20 yrs now. not bad really. it's the metal thats showing, has been showing for about ooh 7 yrs, but getting worse.

Ha ha our nurses have very fashionable hair but the nature of the job is that it sends them all a bit bonkers eventually.

In a nice way