[jblum315]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

For some people crowns etc. can be a sign of aging. My mother died at age 83 and never had a crown or root canal. And she didn't have a mouthfull of fillings. She only had one or two fillings and one tooth missing. My sister, on the other hand, had a mouth full of silver. Wall to wall silver! So much for genetics.

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Many if not most genetic things you get from the opposite sex parent. My mother at age 89 had all her teeth. My father had terrible teeth. I got my teeth from him. I also have his slightly crooked middle finger.

[Villages PL]

Does anyone know of any drawback to keeping the tooth as is? This tooth is the second tooth from the back and won't be noticed by anyone but me. Perhaps it wasn't designed to function as a gold tooth, I'm just wondering.

When I looked at it in the mirror this morning it looks like a normal tooth, it's just that it's gold. It doesn't look bad.


Note: For those looking for a dentist I'm sure there must be a way of checking to see how many complaints have been registered against a dentist. I just did a search and found: National Dental Reviews.org
Call: 1-800-Dentist Reviews

I haven't tryed it yet so I don't know anything about it. But I think it's better than giving you the name of my dentist. I don't think it's fair to judge someone on the basis of one unfortunate outcome when it may not have been her fault.

[CFrance]

Do you want to do that if it'll be fixed for free? If it's a bad crown, the rest of it may fail later, and then you would be repaying for it somewhere down the line.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Do you want to do that if it'll be fixed for free? If it's a bad crown, the rest of it may fail later, and then you would be repaying for it somewhere down the line.

That's a good point. I guess I'll have to discuss it with the dentist and get her opinion. I'll have to ask if there's a set period of time to change my mind and still get if done at no charge.

[boomerbaby]

That happened to me in ny. I chewed on the other side until I got to the dentist a few days. He redid it with an all gold crown as that was the strongest kind of crown and its a chewing tooth. Good luck.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by boomerbaby

That happened to me in ny. I chewed on the other side until I got to the dentist a few days. He redid it with an all gold crown as that was the strongest kind of crown and its a chewing tooth. Good luck.

Thanks, it helps to know I'm not the only one. You said you had yours redone with gold. That's the kind I had to begin with. Anyone can google the code and find out all about it: D2790-Crown-Full Cast High Noble Metal Tth19

I just looked up my records to realize that my crown only lasted from May 8 to May 30th. Only 22 days.

If anyone googles the code, they will find that it's not really all gold. 60% of the crown consists of Noble metals such as gold, platinum, paladium and silver. And, of that 60%, 40% is gold. The reason for using these metals is for strength and to resist corrosion.

But if 60% of the crown consists of noble metals, I wonder what the other 40% consists of. Does anyone know?

[Villages PL]

I saw the dentist today and learned that the crown didn't have any porcelain on it when it was installed. When the temporairy crown was installed I looked at it and it was white. I suppose I just assumed the permanent crown would look the same except with porcelain. This mixup could have been avoided if they had showed it to me before installing it. But, obviously, they didn't see any need to do that. They assume everyone understands what they are getting.

She said they stopped making them with porcelain about 60 years ago because too many of them had problems. So this one is a mixture of gold and platinum. So that's it. I don't have to have it redone.

[CFrance]

Hmm. That's odd. I have porcelain-crowned molars, and I'm 66! They all work fine, too.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Hmm. That's odd. I have porcelain-crowned molars, and I'm 66! They all work fine, too.

Thanks for the information. I did get the impression that my dentist was exagerating when she said they stopped making them 60 years ago.

Here is a link to some information I just found. It specifies three types. 1) All metal 2) All ceramic and 3) Porcelian-fused-to-metal

Types of dental crowns: Gold, Porcelain, Porcelain-fused-to-metal, Ceramic.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Thanks for the information. I did get the impression that my dentist was exagerating when she said they stopped making them 60 years ago.

Here is a link to some information I just found. It specifies three types. 1) All metal 2) All ceramic and 3) Porcelian-fused-to-metal

Types of dental crowns: Gold, Porcelain, Porcelain-fused-to-metal, Ceramic.

VPL, I could be wrong. My crowns might be ceramic.