Hello
My #18 tooth has been giving me problems since 2005 when I bit into an olive pit and fractured my back left side - this tooth also happens to be the only one I have experienced galvanic shock when my dentist has probed it with his tools will examining my teeth.
I have recently had a temp crown on the tooth and am getting fitted for a perm crown - it is made of metal on the inside and has porcelain metal on the exterior. My dentist tried to fit the new perm crown 3 times: once it just didn't fit, second he couldn't numb my tooth up at all and then tried to work on it anyway and that resulted in the mirror coming in contact with that tooth which resulted in a shock - the third attempt (after I was sent the next day to get numbed up by the oral surgeon) the crown was not long enough and may have caused a cold sensitivity so I opted to have a new crown made of the right size.
My biggest concern is that interior metal of the crown will cause that shock when the Novocain wears off....My dentist doesn't think it would be a problem, but now I am just too fearful for the attempt. I didn't need a root canal on the tooth.
Any thoughts? Will it cause the shock? Should I request the crown be made of something else - or will the cement used be the "insulation" needed?
Thank you!!!
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