He did a porcelen fused to a noble metal crown. Everything went well and the crown went in normal he gave me no special instructors other then not to eat on it within 24 hours. On saturday i went to a dinner party I was eating steak nothing hard like candy or anything. About 1/4 of the crown chipped off completley. THIS CROWN ONLY LAST 2 DAYS. I will need to return back to the dentist but my concern is now that WHO WILL PAY. Are there laws about dental work etc... Do dentist normally take the responsability. I don't want to get hit up for another grand.
2006-06-11 14:49:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I agree your dentist will probably replace it. If he doesn't that would be really odd. At one grand a pop, he is definitely charging enough for the occasional redo.
You'll be fine
2006-06-11 16:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by dre 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a dentist.
Easy does it!
First and foremost, your doctor will almost certainly replace the crown at no charge to you. It will, of course, require at minimum one more appointment. Possibly two. Read on.
If the lab that made the crown still has the model of your tooth, the doctor can simply inform the lab and have another crown made. He/she will have to remove the broken crown, clean up the tooth, and place the new one. This will take you one appointment.
If, however, the lab does not have the model of your tooth any more, you will need two appointments--one to remove the crown and retake the impression of the tooth and one to seat the new crown.
Whichever way is necessary, there is absolutely no problem with having a broken crown as-is in your mouth during the interim provided the metal underneath is intact and that the remaining porcelain isn't sharp enough to injure the soft tissues.
Try to keep in mind that sometimes products fail. Prosthetic hips fail. Prosthetic heart valves fail. And yes, sometimes prosthetic teeth fail. Your doctor is a reasonable person and would not expect you to pay for another crown this soon.
2006-06-11 15:39:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg I feel for you. I have a crown too. I would say that if it was in longer than 2 days you'd be stuck with it but it's a weekend, it could have happened Friday night for all the dentist knows thankfully it didn't so you were stuck longer time with it broken. I would go back, call tomorrow and tell them it broke and you need to get in today (monday) to get it fixed because you paid for it and it's not right. It's HIS expense, not yours, something obviously went wrong with it, they are supposed to be sturdy enough to eat normally, even things like biting in apples, corn on the cob, etc.
2006-06-11 14:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 3months you'll be laughing at this experience
Until then, be patient with the dentist & the Lab~
Sorry you had this happen to you
2006-06-11 17:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Merry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lab should have a warranty on their work. after 2 days - it is obvious that the porcelain had a defect in it- this happens now and then but it is rare
2006-06-15 12:46:50 · answer #5 · answered by ladyofthehollow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When something like that happens with me the dentist call and fix is free.....
2006-06-11 14:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that makes it a temporary crown.
2006-06-11 15:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by doctryluv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋