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Bite Doesn't Feel Right
If your bite feels off after getting a dental crown, it might be because the crown isn't fitting right. You might feel the bite problem right at the dental crown, but you might also feel it at another part of your bite, such as the opposite side of your mouth.
Crowns are great at that, but there's still things that can go wrong, just like with any dental restoration. As a crown ages the potential for problems gets greater and greater. An aging crown can break, wear out, and even just fall off!
Most pain experienced after a crown has been placed in the mouth is caused by that same trouble with the bite. Bites are expected to distribute pressure throughout the teeth and jaw, so if the placement of the crown isn't fitting correctly, the pressure may be concentrated onto a specific spot in the mouth.
The procedure generally begins with the removal of the old crown in preparation for a new crown. It is very rare that an old crown can be saved or reused since it will typically need to be cut into sections as it is removed from the tooth.
If the crown is made out of porcelain, it's difficult to reshape the crown but slight adjustments can be made if need be. However, if a larger adjustment is needed, the entire process may need to be redone.
Some sensitivity after crown placement is normal, but there should be some improvement within the first one to two weeks. This means your sensitivity to cold and biting should gradually wear off in a couple of weeks. Sometimes, however, it can take a up to a few months.
You may be eligible to sue a dentist for bad, poorly fitted or poorly shaped crowns that result in pain, issues with chewing and biting, and even gum disease and tooth decay.
A bridge is a dental treatment that uses multiple crowns connected together in order to replace a missing tooth. At the minimum, a bridge includes two crowns on either side of a “fake” tooth called a pontic. Bridges are classified according to the number of units, which just means the number of teeth they cover.
Improper Fit. A crown that is too tight may cause pressure and pain in the tooth and surrounding gums, while a crown that is too loose can allow bacteria to enter and cause decay and infection. If the crown is not the right shape or size, it can cause discomfort and pain when biting or chewing.
Here are the signs of a tooth crown infection: Redness at or around the site of the crown placement. Swelling of the gums or jaw around the area that now has the crown. Tenderness or pain around the crown.
Symptoms of an ill-fitting crown include looseness or mobility, tooth pain or sensitivity, irregular wear to the opposing teeth, and eventually dark lines along the border of the crown due to decay.
Your dental crown may take some time getting used to after installation, depending on its type. While some patients adjust quickly to the feel of their new crown, it may feel awkward in the mouth for a few days. But give it some time, and you'll quickly get used to it, and you may not even think about it anymore.
How Often Should you Replace a Dental Crown? There's no length of time that one needs to wait to replace a crown. One should only do a dental crown replacement if there is something is not with it, such as these reasons: Receding gum line.
Although many factors determine how long your crowns last, good after-care dental crowns can last for approximately 15 years before they need replacing. To prevent your dental crowns from failing when you least expect them, we recommend you replace them after every ten years.
A crown is placed over the entire visible surface of a tooth down to the gumline. This is essential to help prevent harmful bacteria from leaking underneath your restoration. If a gap forms between the gum tissue and the restoration, it's a sign your crown no longer fits.
The survival of the fittest seems to apply.
A study by Dhima evaluated 226 all-ceramics placed in both front and back-tooth applications. It found that: 6% had failed by 3.3 years (on average) after placement. Of those that hadn't failed, at 5 years 95% were still in service, at 10 years 93%.
Bad dental crowns can sometimes result from an improper application, but they are also caused by other common dental concerns, including injuries to the mouth, tooth decay, tooth grinding, and eating or chewing hard foods.
Fortunately, many crown failures are fixable. Your dentist can replace the old crown with a new one, provided that you still have enough of your original tooth to do so. If the crown has popped off, but your tooth is otherwise fine, then the original crown can be placed back onto your tooth.
It may be that the crown has not bonded properly to your tooth, or has become infected due to improper placement. Either way, you should seek the attention of your dentist if pain persists or gets worse after two weeks.
Initially, this may be a mere annoyance, but as you put excess pressure on your tooth again and again, it may become traumatized and begin to hurt. It's also possible for an infection to form under the crown months or years after having it put on, which may cause inflammation and a misaligned bite as a result.
This often happens when the tooth enamel is trimmed away during the crowning process and the dentin is exposed. This means that the crown does not completely cover your tooth. If this is the case, your dentist can apply a solution to the crowned tooth to protect the exposed dentin from temperature changes.
In some cases, the restorative material may need to be completely cut through with high-speed rotary instrument and then pried off with a narrow-ended tool. If the crown is made out of gold or metal, then removal becomes even more difficult because the material is harder to penetrate.