Re: Crown replacement/Core buildup

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:26:59 -0400

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:06:16 GMT, "Dr Steve" <nospam@home.net> wrote:

>Cleaning out any decay and replacing enough tooth structure (under the
>crown) so that the crown will stay in place.

QUESTION:

Supposing it is a vital tooth and the old filling has to be removed.
Is that an AUTOMATIC build-up?

JOEL

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