Crowns keep falling out!!!!!!!!!!

[tillyh345]

Can anyone offer any advice I am continuosly going back to the dentist to have my crowns put back in, I have two and they last about a year and then they fall out, surely thisisnt right is it? They are right next to each other if that makes any difference. Any help would be appreciated...

[murraymints]

There are different cements that dentists use to fix your crowns...I had a similar problem and the dentist then told me he was going to refix with a more permanent cement, he had used something else as he thought that as my gums receded they would drop and need repositioning hence he used something that would make it easier for him to do the job..ie take them off and refix...not been a problem since !

[J9PUR]

Crowns can debond for many different reasons, but most of them are due to 'lack of retention' in some form. This would appear to be the case if the continually debond. You should discuss with your dentist the options available....
a) Carry on as you are and accept likely recurrence
b) Remake the crowns to a different design (if possible, depending on the amount of natural tooth remaining)
c) Abandon the crowns and consider alternatives

[craft1948]

I think that is dreadful Tilly and down to poor workmanship. I have 2 crowns next to each other and have had no problems with them since they were fitted about 7 years ago..............having said that they did cost £1200.

[Bambiagain]

I have the opposite situation. Over five years ago I was having problems with the root under a new crown and my dentist cemented it in with something temporary that would last, he said, about a year at the most, in case he had to remove the crown again. It's still there.

[fredkins]

I had my front crown put in just before i was eighteen,still going strong up until this year when there became a gap at the back that may have caused me some problems,so I had it changed,can't complain I'm now nearly 50 (32 years) it was in,I nearly filled up when it went,let's hope this lasts as long eh!

[chaptazbru]

I have had no problem with my crowns (got 2) until the bottom one came out a few weeks ago. Thought it was a tooth so threw it away (forgot I had a crown put on it several years ago!!) It's going to cost me £300 to replace, yet if I'd kept the old one the dentist would just have stuck it back on - doh !!!

tilly - I think it's bad workmanship if they keep falling out.

[tillyh345]

Thanks for all your comments. It does sound like something wrong. I went and had one put back in last Friday and then today the other one fell out, so I will ring tomorrow to get an appt to have this one put back in and question why they think they are falling out. I recall it was this time last year this one came out last. I think they are using a weaker cement so they can make 17.50 out of me everytime I go back to have it put back in!!! I need whaterver Bambis dentist used I think....

[Brinjal]

I have six crowns in front been there for about 5 years nowno problem. previously my crowns were in for 20 years. I only replaced them as they were porcelain and I was head butted by my horse and they were damaged.

[rowanwitch]

My dentist gives free insurance on crowns and ceramic fillings so if they fail they get put back for free