please help- metal taste by new crown

[Txkitty]

I recently (April) had a crown put on that has bothered me ever since.  I have had a "popping" sensation under it whenever I eat or drink cold things and worst of all a metallic taste.  I returned to the dentist and she Ignored my claims and wanted to "fix another tooth that she thinks was causing the problem".  I then saw another dentist who adjusted the length/bite of the crown, but had no idea about what was causing the "popping" sensation and the metallic taste.  He told me to try to find out what metal alloy was under the crown, he said it seemed a little strange that he could sort of see thru the crown on the x-ray.  The original dentists office gave me the lab sheet that came with my crown and it says that it is  a predominatly base alloy and it says it's less than 25% total of Gold, Palladium, and Platinum.  the somposition is as follows--Ni-61.5%, Cr-22.0%, W-11.2%, Si-2.6%, Al-2.3%.  Does this mean it is 61.5% Nickel?  Is this type of alloy causing me to taste metal constantly?  Is this safe for me, especially since I am trying to get pregnant? Please help me figure this out, I have nowhere to turn with this and I don't know what to do.  Do I just live with this?  or do I have it popped off and chance having another put on and it being worse or the same? Thank you for your time.

[mike1105]

the answers to your questions are:
1. yes, 61% nickel  (BTW- this is the cheapest way for a dentist to make a crown-- make sure your were notcharged for precious or semi precious metal--your is non precious--- crowns made of non precious are most difficult for the lab to cast accurately, and have the most problems with fitting them correctly)

2. You should not be having these problems. I would insist on it being redone with precious or semiprecious (or full yellow gold if it is a back tooth) and offer to pay the difference in lab fees which should not be more than 50-75 bucks)

[Jerome Bogin, D.D.S.]

I do not think it is dangerous to your health but if these symptoms continue I would absolutely have the crown removed and redone. As far as I am concerned this is unacceptable and has to be corrected.If you do not get any satisfaction I would have another dentist do it.