Re: crown elongation and TMJ.

From: Dr Steve (nospam_at_home.net)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:34:15 GMT

What are your symptoms?

Highly unlikely that a front tooth would cause TMJ pain, but it is remotely
possible.

More likely the strain of holing your mouth open long enough for a routine
crown appointment was the "straw that broke the camel's back" and resulting
in muscle spasm which is now causing problems for you. 

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Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA
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"Justin" <arbenz_54@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b3194f51.0406021234.697a51d2@posting.google.com...
> Hello.  I'm 23 years old and have been having increasingly painful
> tmj-like symptoms ever since I had crowns placed on two of my teeth a
> little over a year ago.  One of the crowns, which was applied to my #7
> tooth, has fallen out repeatedly since the surgery.  I've had it
> reattached perhaps 10 times.  My dentist has, up until this week,
> repeatedly said that my bite has been causing the crown to fall out.
> Now, however, he says that my actual tooth (which he grinded down to
> current size) is too small for the crown to properly grab onto.  He
> says I need to have a crown elongation procedure to expose more of the
> tooth so a new crown can be fitted and applied.  I am, at this point,
> extremely skeptical of any dental procedure.  I've yet to see an oral
> surgeon or speak with anyone other than my dentist about the TMJ
> symptoms.   Up until now he has been adjusting my bite by shaving back
> the crowns, to see if that would alleviate the TMJ stuff.  Today he
> finally said that the problem was the size of the original tooth and
> referred me to a periodontist for the elongation procedure.  I'm very
> new to all this TMJ stuff, and as I said I'm skeptical about any
> dental procedure since the crowns seem to have triggered the tmj.  But
> unless I want to just have a nub for one of my front teeth, I need to
> go through with the crown elongation thing.  From what I've read about
> TMJ it seems difficult to predict how anything will affect the
> problem, adversely or otherwise.  I'm just wondering if anyone here
> might be able to offer any input on my situation.  Anything at all
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
>
> -Justin

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