What Is A Dental Crown Like ?

[gordiescotland1]

Hi there? I am due to go for a dental crown on Tuesday as it's a front tooth and I dont want to lose it. I have never had a crown before what is it like? I'm a nervous wreck about the dentist anyway and have to take a few valium before I go. It is over 2 appointments lasting 30 minutes each.

[Buenchico]

This might help:
https://www.healthline.com/find-care/articles/dentists/dental-crown

(Click 'The procedure' for the most relevant bit).

[jno]

it'll be fine, you won't be able to tell if from a regular tooth, it'll just sit there on top of the roots of the original tooth.

They don't necessarily last forever, so don't go walking into lamp posts.

[bhg481]

No need to panic - it's a simple procedure. They take a mould of your tooth and then cut it off at gum level, replacing it with a temporary cap. A replica of your tooth is made and then you go back and have it glued into place, replacing the temporary cap.

[barry1010]

I've had the same crown in place for over 30 years and not had any trouble with it.
It's nothing to worry about - just a covering over your own tooth. Your tooth will be made healthy by removing any decay and shaped to take the crown. It is painless but your jaw might ache if you have to keep it open for any length of time.
A cast will taken to make the crown.
On the second visit the crown will be cemented in to place, again painless

[barry1010]

My tooth wasn't cut off at gum level - it is like this one under the crown https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/10923-dental-crowns

[jourdain2]

It'll be great once it's done - I have 3 and they are indistinguishable from my other teeth and t.b.h. I have to think before I can say which they are. Your 1st appt will probably involve taking a mould of your existing tooth so another can be made.
Altogether, it's a longish procedure, but relax. They'll then drill a lot of your existing tooth off (it's painless) and fit a temporary cap to see you through until the next appt. - where they will check for fine detail of fitting and cement new tooth on to old stump. Done!

[Old_Geezer]

I have molar crowns. It's not unknown for them to come off and need resticking back. Apart from that they are fine, and IMO a far better option than an extraction.