What is a tooth crown?
A tooth crown is capable of strengthening or restoring your teeth as well as protecting your weak tooth from being broken by simply placing a crown on your tooth. However, there is no such thing as perfect, everything has its own advantages and disadvantages. You may know the benefits that you will get from getting a tooth crown, but are you also aware of its potential drawbacks?
Possible Questions You Might Have
Does having a tooth crown can rot your teeth?
Whether you get a tooth crown or not your teeth will still rot if you will not consider taking care of your teeth. It is even more important to have proper care and good oral hygiene when you have a tooth crown, as plaque can be easily collected at the line where your tooth and crown meet. Having a dental crown doesn’t make your teeth free from decay, a tooth crown may not decay but the tooth underneath that crown is possible to decay if not taken care of.
A good brushing or dental flossing is one of the good things to practice at home to avoid this risk but visiting a dentist regularly to have a proper dental care consultation is still the best solution.
Is it painful to get a tooth crown?
Most people planning to have a crown on their teeth are afraid that it will hurt them but the truth is getting a tooth crown is not painful. During the dental crown procedure, it is not painful because the tooth being restored is numb due to the application of anesthesia.
However, as the anesthesia begins to wear off, there will be a little discomfort and sensitivity but it’s normal. If your crowned tooth still has a nerve in it, then you might feel some cold and heat sensitivity. Worry not because I’m sure your dentist will recommend a toothpaste that is good for sensitive teeth.
If in any case, you feel some sensitivity or pain when you’re eating or biting, then it only means that the crown is too high for your tooth and it must be fixed as soon as possible by your dentist.
Can a tooth crown cause bad breath?
Bad breath is either cause of gum infections, food lodgement or improper dental cleaning and brushing. Getting a tooth crown will not cause you a bad breath not unless you are not properly cleaning your teeth or you do have gum problems.
You must always check and clean the food lodgement between your gums and tooth crown margin by brushing properly, mouth washing, or flossing. If you’ve done all the regular cleaning and you’re still experiencing bad breath, then visiting a dentist for a check-up and consultation is the right thing to do.
Does a tooth crown chip?
Although a chipped crown is rare, it is one of the most common problems of a tooth crown. Porcelain itself is brittle so a tooth crown made with porcelain can sometimes chip. It may be hard but it is liable to break easily, particularly if you have a bad habit of grinding your teeth.
However, porcelain made tooth crown is more likely to fail on its own rather than to chip if it was taken care of. If you broke your tooth crown, you must visit your dentist so it can be repaired if it was just a small chip but if it was a larger chip then your tooth crown is needed to be replaced.
Is a detached tooth crown harmful?
There are some cases where the tooth crown may suddenly detach itself from your tooth. This tooth crown falls off due to (1) high pressure from biting down a food particularly the harder ones, (2) weaker dental cement and (3) too long extension of a tooth crown.
If tooth crown detachment happens to you, you must seek a professional dental consultation as soon as possible to address your dental problem. Failure to seek a dentist immediately when your tooth crown falls off will cause cement dissolution, gums infection or decay of the tooth underneath the detached crown.
Friendly reminder, do not ever try to reattach your detached crown to the abutment tooth using any glue that you have at home, just do not resolve it on your own because this will only lead to severe damage or worse is further dental work.
Does a tooth crown damage your gums?
Plaque is the root of all damages in your teeth and gums. If you will not regularly clean the margin around your tooth crown then it will cause gingivitis. If left untreated simple gum infections will eventually lead to the loss of your tooth support and a gingival recession which retracts the gums from the tooth crown.
Gingivitis involves inflammation of the gums that typically appear red and causes the gums to bleed easily. This gum problem is commonly associated with poor oral hygiene, so better have proper oral hygiene.
Bottomline
Complications are possible to happen but these can be prevented or resolved if you are fully aware of the cause of these problems. So before getting a tooth crown, you must not only focus on the benefits that you will get but know also what would be the possible risks or problems that you will get after having it. There’s no harm to doing something or getting something as long as you know both sides of it.
If you wish to have a dental care consultation, call Osmin Denture Clinic today!
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