Questions on root canal & dental crown?

i have a tooth chipped off that the dentist recommend me to do a root canal treatment and put a crown on it.





Is the root canal treatment painful?





After that, do i definitely have to put on crown? Is it unsafe if i requested to put filling cos' fillings will wear off..?





how do i take care of the crown? will it be loose if i brush my teeth slightly with force?

Questions on root canal %26amp; dental crown?
yes there is some pain associated with a root canal . yes once a tooth has had a root canal it is no longer alive. that will make it more brittle and prone to breakage. the crown will be as strong as the rest of your teeth. even with vigorous brushing you will not loosen the tooth. i have many crowns they make them very well . no one will even know that it is a crown if your dr. is good at matching the color of your teeth. good luck.
Reply:Going for my 2nd root canal next week. My first one really didn't hurt at all. Nothing like Way people said it would be like. The biggest pain was keeping my mouth open for so long. I never did the crown on that molar and eventually the temporary filling came out. Now I am going to have the crowns put on. They are permanent and will not come off by brushing. Don't worry about it, there is very little pain.





Good Luck
Reply:With today's technology root canals are virtually pain free. The pain comes when the dentist injects local anesthetic into your gums. Then you're fine!





I would definately recommend getting a crown because the temporary filling is just that...temporary. It will come out if you eat hard or sticky foods and doesn't protect as well as a crown would. You run the risk of re-infecting the tooth if you don't have some permanant covering on it.





Depending on the crown you get, you can treat it like a normal tooth. Porcelain and gold are by far the better options. Stainless steel will work in a pinch, but they are very weak and will need to be replaced within 6 months to a year. If you take good care of your crowns, a gold crown can likely last you the rest of your life. It will not come loose if you brush it as hard as your other teeth. You can floss too.
Reply:I'm an undergraduate in dentistry and I agree with your dentist's treatment plan. It hurts a little to undergo a root canal treatment, but less than some other dental treatments, specially less than a caries; remind that you got anesthesia... What is more it could really hurt you if your tooth get infected and this could happened when you got the pulp chamber exposed. So it's better if you undergo the canal treatment.


After that your dentist have to fill the root canal with guttapercha or some other material to prevent bacteria to enter the canal.


The natural tooth crown usually does not exist any more and a filling is very hard to be made, so you'll probably need a prosthetic crown.


There are 2 main ways to prepare your tooth for a crown: 1-you get a pin in your canal and then a core is made around the pin to hold the crown; 2-you get a "post and core" treatment (www.progettodentale.it/jpg/perno5.jpg) that consists in a metallic pin, made especially for your tooth, that includes the core, it is made by a lab technician. (I think that the second solution should be the best, even if it's more expensive).


Now you only need a crown to be put on you tooth. There are several materials to make crowns, but can't tell you which could be the best one. Recently have been introduced a technology called CAD-CAM that allow to make crowns all-ceramic made, it should give the best result in bio-compatibility, aesthetics and function. Ask your dentist about that.


A dental crown usually lasts about 10 years. It depends on your dentist skills, the material used to make the crown, the preparation and the one used to cement it, but the most important factor affecting the life of your restoration is the oral hygiene that should be performed by yourself each day, at least three times a day, and the one performed by your dentist, usually once a year.


Don't worry to loose your new fabulous (expensive) crown brushing your teeth, it won't happen!
Reply:As long as you get enough anesthetic it is not painful. If your dentist recommends placing a crown, they know what is best for your situation. Do what they say to do. Take care of your crown the same way you take care of your other teeth. Brush regularly and floss each side of the crown as well as your other teeth. Also get your teeth cleaned on a regular basis (every six months or as often as your dentist tells you).