What happens when you get fillings and crowns on your teeth and what does novacane do to you?

Question

i got to the dentist tomoroe to get some filings and crowns

Answer 1

You may be a little sore afterwards but nothing really happens. I don't understand what you mean by what happens...for the fillings the dentist will numb you and drill out the decay and put filling material in place of the decay. For the crowns he will also numb you and then prepare the tooth to make sure a crown will fit over it, then he will take an impression(mold) of your mouth and send it to a lab where they will make your crown. He will also make you a temporary crown to get you by till the permanent crown arrives.

Answer 2

Well Novacane will numb the tooth nerves and gum tissue around the tooth/teeth.

With fillings the dr will place some anestetic (novacane) around the area to be worked on. Then once you are numb he will start to drill out the decay or cavity then once he has drilled to soild tooth structure he will place a filling either silver/amalgam or composite (white). What that does it basically gives you new tooth structure and prevents further decay on your tooth, With a crown the dr will drill and grind off all decayed tooth structure and take a couple molds of you tooth. The first mold is done before any drilling has begun this will be the mold the assistant or dr uses to make the temporary crown. The temporary is the tooth you will have in your mouth for about 2 weeks until the crown is completed in the lab. Then after the drilling the dr takes another mold or impression which is sent to the lab to make a mold to format the crown. In two weeks you will go back to the dentist and the temporary will be removed and your permanant crown wil be replaced. I hope you chose a porcelin fused to gold or all porcelin crown the crowns that contain metal can irritate the gum tissue. The dr should have explained this to you before hand too. Its not too late to change your mind you can let them know atyour appointment. Basically relax if you have a good dr your experience shouldnt be bad. Bring a magazine or if you have a portable game system like a gameboy or psp bring that to. Depending on what you have done filling appts take about 30-50 minutes and a crown can take anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.

Good luck and just relax it shouldnt be too bad.

Answer 3

okay lets make things clear here, novocaine is an old term for anesthesia. nowadays they use the an anesthesia that is called lidocaine which almost similar to that. lidocaine is a drug that has a vasconstrictor that if it was given to you thru shot it makes the area numb for a couple of hours. with the other questions your asking about what happens if you have fillings or crowns done in your teeth, well what happens is that your tooth or teeth will be restored and it will be benificial to you because you can use these teeth for more long time vs of not restoring it thru filling or crown.. good luck with your appointment and take care