Re: Crown or Fill?

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

You should be able to get a filling to stay there very well. You may need
to have the way your teeth "bite" adjusted first. You may also need to wear
a small appliance at night while you sleep. Your dentist needs to look for
the latero-protrusive bracing positions where you work this spot with the
lower tooth and carefully recontour some teeth.

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"Alan Cohen" <amc79@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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:
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> http://cobelle.org/node/1
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> 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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