Crown or Fill?

I'm looking for some advice from this esteemed group...

I had a small filling in one of my front teeth, which popped out, taking
a nice triangular chunk of tooth with it; I put up a lovely out-of-focus
picture at:

http://cobelle.org/node/1

My dentist has tried to fill it twice, but both times the replacement
popped out pretty quickly (one in 24 hours, one in a few weeks, even
though I was being careful with it).

My question: is it reasonable to expect a filling to hold here?  Or
should I go with a crown?

Thanks!

Al



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