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Dental Health (Expert Forum)
perm crown w/ no anesthetic?
Answered by
Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. - Dental
Questions in the Dental Health forum are answered by Dr. Jerome Tsang and Dr. Jerome Bogin. Topics covered include bridges, cavities, crowns, and x-rays.
perm crown w/ no anesthetic?
by purplemom, Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM
As I left my dental appt last week with 2 temp crowns on 31 and 30, I thought I heard my dentist say "See you in 3 weeks for your perm crowns - no anesthetic" I'm not sure if I heard him right, and his office is closed this week. Is this correct? I have had RCT in both teeth. I'm just worried about the gum pain - it took 5 days for the gums to stop hurting from the temps. Thanks.
Doctor's Answer
by Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. , Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM
, Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM
More than likely you would not need any local anesthesia. If you did it would probably be some slight infiltration for the gum tissue.
The tooth is already completely prepped under the temp crown. He will pop it off, clean off all the temporary cement, and pop on the new crown with permanent cement. He will then likely file the new crown here and there to adjust the bite if necessary.
It's not painful at all.