Re: crown replacement - (UPDATE)

On 5 Dec 2005 21:13:34 -0800, "bytor" <bytors_snowdog@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>steve wrote:
>
>>>>> Well, since he apparently placed an aluminum shell (what we sometimes
>pejoritively refer to as a "tin can"), you must probably now
>distinguish
>nerve pain from soreness of the gums you doubtless feel from the
>temporary.
><<<<<
>
>yeah, it is not very comfortable
>
>i put the "piece of metal" comment in there for you guys to see, i was
>wondering if that was something "normal" for dentists to use, because
>the 2 crowns that i have had b4 i was always given a temporary crown
>which was some sort of white material, carefully shaped/fitted for my
>tooth, whereas this was just a piece of metal that he jammed on there
>and it sticks out on the sides, even catches on my cheek
>
>still it feels better than having nothing there - for the first time in
>2 weeks i was able to eat a meal tonight almost normally, no pains from
>hot/cold things touching the tooth & i had a surface to chew against
>
>thanks amatus & steve for your comments
bytor,
I share your pain. In my case, the dentist DID put the right type of
temp. crown on, as described by Dr. Bornfeld. Yet, still I am
experiencing pain when I eat sometimes, or when I drink hot tea with
sugar. (not sure if it's the hotness or the sugar or both) However it
does not seem to bother me when I eat things like pasta or cooked
veges, or even crackers.

My advice is to do what I'm going to try to do, which is avoid chewing
on that tooth, at all. Wish I could put some sort of invisible force
field around it so it could not be chewed upon! Why aren't scientists
working on this technology?? (-;

I could need a root canal, but for now I'm operating with the
assumption that I do not. I hate that there is no way to really KNOW,
it seems, other than that sudden sharp unyielding pain that might
attack me in the middle of the night.

Hope you get your permanent crown soon and that it solves all these
problems.
.

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