Re: [OT] Question about dental crowns

If you don't trust the dentist, by all means get a second
opinion, but the diagnosis sounds reasonable. The only
"unnecessary" work I've heard of dentists promoting are the
ones who insist upon replacing all one's old-fashioned alloy
"silver" fillings with more modern materials. (Their excuse
is that the old ones contain mercury, but I figure if I've
lived with them for so many years, the "danger" is minimal,
so I'll wait until they need crowns.)

Actually, my current dentist, (who I LOVE madly), did just that -
replaced all of my silver fillings with bonded ones. The only
silver filling I have left is the old one under the crown, and he
didn't want to disturb that when it was replaced.

Anyway...when I first went to him for a checkup, he showed me how
several of my silver fillings were starting to crack the teeth, so
we replaced all of those. Then he put in a couple of new ones, and
finally we replaced the final 2 silver fillings just in case.
Over a 2 years period, it cost me almost $2000 on top of insurance
coverage, but that also included the night guard and the replaced
crown. To me, it was well worth the expense. He said that yes, the
mercury was dangerous, but fillings have so little mercury that it's
hardly noticeable. However, they do expand and contract, and WILL
crack the teeth. So you might want to slowly get them replaced, just
to avoid the crowns. Bonded fillings will hold your teeth together
better.

Now that I've changed jobs, and apartments, I still travel an hour
one way to go back to him. He's wonderful. Anyone live near
Baltimore, MD? I have a dentist to recommend!

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita



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