How Does a Dentist Put a Crown on a Tooth - Dental Health Message Board

karlito13 · 01-20-2008, 04:00 PM

I had a root canal and a 3/4 crown done on my #4 tooth. Three months later my tooth cracked and I had to have it pulled. I can't stop thinking that if my dentist had put on a full crown that this would never had happened. What do you think. should my dentist work something out with me.

Kiasmama · 01-20-2008, 08:33 PM

It's probably hard to say. Is this a new dentist? Or do you have a history with him? I had one dentist for years, then I moved, went to one closer to me that had a good rep, but I didn't like the bridge he put in. So now I drive 2.5 hours one way to go to the old dentist.

Hey it never hurts to ask, but I would present it in a way that you are asking for some financial relief because it's expensive, not because he made a mistake. I think if you start getting accusatory, he might tell you to go float. If you really think he didn't do the proper thing, then maybe it's time to look for another dentist. Good luck.

willybrown · 01-22-2008, 11:12 PM

Hey Karlito-
You had and expensive root canal procedure and an expensive restoration on your premolar. Then a short three months later you had that tooth extracted? Don't you think that something is seriously wrong with that?

Did the same dentist that extracted the tooth do the root canal treatment and the 3/4 crown? Regardless- it should not have to happen that way. And you should not have to pay for all that. Did the dentist give you any reason why the tooth fractured, if it did in fact fracture? Maybe the 3/4 crown , or the root canal was not done correctly? Extracting the tooth and sending it to a landfill or incinerator will hide the evidence pretty effectively. Think about it.

If a tooth is to receive all that treatment, then 3 months later it is extracted, it aint right! Sure things happen. And I do not know the details other than what you stated. But I do not think that you shoulld accept that. Something is seriously wrong if all that happened and you are not sure of it. providing all that treatment one would expect it to last longer than 3 months.
Dentists are not Gods. And this type of thing happens more often than you know. People just accept it. They should not. For some strange reason they think that they are not alowed to approach and question their dentist when things like you described have happened.
I believe that you are entitled to discuss this with the dentist. If you had a contractor do some expensive new construction on your house and it fell apart 3 months later, would'nt you be upset over that and go after the contractor to hold him responsible?
People take the wrong approach to events like you described. You have every right to discuss this with the dentist, and possibly have some type of compensation for it. You probably paid roughly 800 dollars for the root canal and 3/4 crown all together. And then you go and pay a few more dollars to have the tooth removed, when it should have lasted for years.

It aint right. Go talk to the dentist. If he won't talk to you or gives you a series of what sound like excuses- that should be a good indication that there is something wrong there...

Good luck to you.

karlito13 · 01-23-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by willybrown

Hey Karlito-
You had and expensive root canal procedure and an expensive restoration on your premolar. Then a short three months later you had that tooth extracted? Don't you think that something is seriously wrong with that?

Did the same dentist that extracted the tooth do the root canal treatment and the 3/4 crown? Regardless- it should not have to happen that way. And you should not have to pay for all that. Did the dentist give you any reason why the tooth fractured, if it did in fact fracture? Maybe the 3/4 crown , or the root canal was not done correctly? Extracting the tooth and sending it to a landfill or incinerator will hide the evidence pretty effectively. Think about it.

If a tooth is to receive all that treatment, then 3 months later it is extracted, it aint right! Sure things happen. And I do not know the details other than what you stated. But I do not think that you shoulld accept that. Something is seriously wrong if all that happened and you are not sure of it. providing all that treatment one would expect it to last longer than 3 months.
Dentists are not Gods. And this type of thing happens more often than you know. People just accept it. They should not. For some strange reason they think that they are not alowed to approach and question their dentist when things like you described have happened.
I believe that you are entitled to discuss this with the dentist. If you had a contractor do some expensive new construction on your house and it fell apart 3 months later, would'nt you be upset over that and go after the contractor to hold him responsible?
People take the wrong approach to events like you described. You have every right to discuss this with the dentist, and possibly have some type of compensation for it. You probably paid roughly 800 dollars for the root canal and 3/4 crown all together. And then you go and pay a few more dollars to have the tooth removed, when it should have lasted for years.

It aint right. Go talk to the dentist. If he won't talk to you or gives you a series of what sound like excuses- that should be a good indication that there is something wrong there...

Good luck to you.

Hey, thanks for the response. I talked with my dentist. He said that his treatment was the best possible for my situation. However, my tooth was weak and would have cracked sooner than later, not all root canals and crowns work, he says. I will get an implant next year and he will give me the lab cost on the crown he puts on it, which I am sure my INS will cover. As for the $1775 for the oral surg. I will have to pay all of that with an FSA