Old tooth used as Temporary Crown

[lcerura]

Hello,

I'd recently had cosmetic work done on a front (chipped) tooth for the sake of crown work. What's got me curious is that the dentist placed back in my old chipped tooth as a temporary crown.

How common is it for a dentist to do that?

Mind you, I'll be getting the permanent one this week.

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

Not completely uncommon but it depends on the cosmetics and whether or not it'll suffice as a temporary and do what a temporary is suppose to do.  Is the chipped tooth a crown or is it your natural tooth?

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

I agree with you.  Its always more important to let patients have a good experience and feel confident about things than to do too much before things are settled down.

[lcerura]

Thanks for the reply Jerome. Yes, it was my natural tooth and it's all been done today. I supposed I'd been a bit anxiety-driven over the past two weeks what with this temporary and another recently installed crown not fitting well. But 'am feeling much better now. :-)

Lesson learned? Don't start on a new crown until a previously installed one feels well seated and all.

[lcerura]

Thank you for your participation...But, I've no clue how that pertains to my question.