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onlay v. crown
by dutch3667, May 22, 2008 09:24PM
Hello....about 6 weeks ago I had work done on my bottom right 3 back teeth. The very last tooth had and old filling, the middle tooth an ugly crown and the tooth in front of it a large crack and decay under existing filling. My DDS opted for an inlay, onlay and new crown. From the time the numbing medicine wore off the cracked tooth hurt. I returned to my DDS 3 or 4 times complaining of a toothache, jaw pain and earache. He felt the tooth was "too high" and adjusted it to no avail.
Today I had a root canal on the tooth....and guess what? Absolutley NO PAIN. My question is this....since the now root canaled tooth was cracked to begin with should I insist on a crown or will the custom inlay suffice?? I just am not sure it will be strong enough. Please advise.
Thanks
Dutchie
Today I had a root canal on the tooth....and guess what? Absolutley NO PAIN. My question is this....since the now root canaled tooth was cracked to begin with should I insist on a crown or will the custom inlay suffice?? I just am not sure it will be strong enough. Please advise.
Thanks
Dutchie
Member Comments (1)
by scottma, May 22, 2008 09:28PM
To: dutch3667
Crowning an endodontically treated tooth is advised.
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