I’m hoping you can advise me. I’ve had a dental crown for several years. For some reason there’s a dark line above it now. I can’t figure out what I did and I’m a little embarrassed to show my dentist. I’m hoping to clear it up before my next appointment. Plus, it’s a front tooth, […]
Dark line at gumline
I’ve had my dental crowns for many years, but now I’m getting this dark line at the gumline. Do you know what that is? It is only on the teeth with crowns. Lavinia- Connecticut Lavinia, It is because your dental crowns have a metal based. Whenever you have porcelain fused to metal, there are a […]
Adjusting a crown bite
When you get a porcelain crown, is it possible for your bite to get thrown off? My adjacent teeth to the crown seemed to have moved. Is there anything that can be done? Bruce G.- Mississippi Bruce, Yes, it is possible your bite was thrown off a little with the crown. You can ask your […]
Veneers, crowns, or bonding
I’ve got two front teeth where half of them are rotting. I want a smile I can be proud of. Will porcelain veneers, crowns, or bonding work for me? Stan from San Jose Stan, Because you’re saying that half the structure of your teeth are gone, you’d really need to use porcelain crowns as your […]
Sensitive Crowns
I had some porcelain crowns done. Three of them are really sensitive to temps and biting down. It has been like this for almost three weeks. My dentist wants to wait. I got a second opinion. That dentist thought there might be some tooth exposed, but he couldn’t tell for sure. What should I do? […]