A tenderness right after a crown is placed isn’t unusual. Persistent pain is different. If biting down suddenly feels sharp or sore something underneath the crown may need checking.<\/p>\r\n
Tooth pain that lingers after cold drinks is worth mentioning to your dentist. So is pain that wakes you up or shows up when you chew. The tooth underneath the crown can still develop decay or inflammation around an old restoration.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A quick zing that disappears away can be less concerning but repeated sensitivity deserves a look.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Pain when you bite especially if it feels like one tooth hits shouldn’t become your new normal.<\/p>\r\n
Your tongue notices changes long before you do in a mirror. If a metal crown suddenly feels like its moving catches your tongue. Seems different when you close your teeth book a dental check.<\/p>\r\n
A loose crown can expose the tooth beneath it. Food and bacteria can then get into the gap, which’s a pretty good reason not to wait around.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A bite. If the crowned tooth suddenly feels taller than the others that’s worth mentioning.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 The crown. Shifts when you chew, which is especially annoying if it wasn’t doing that before.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A edge or visible crack. Don’t keep testing it with your tongue tempting as that is.<\/p>\r\n
Sometimes the issue is simply plaque building up around the area. Times the crown doesn’t fit well anymore. An older crown can also leave room for decay to develop underneath or along its edge.<\/p>\r\n
Yes metal itself can occasionally cause a reaction in sensitive people. A dentist can work out whether the metal is actually responsible of guessing from the appearance alone.<\/p>\r\n
Metal crowns have a reputation for being tough and honestly they earned it.. Tough doesn’t mean permanent.<\/p>\r\n
If your crown has been there for years and you’re suddenly getting pain, sensitivity, a bad taste or gum trouble around it get it checked. Don’t wait for the crown to fall out before taking the hint.<\/p>\r\n
Pain Around a Metal Crown A tenderness right after a crown is placed isn’t unusual. Persistent pain is different. If biting down suddenly feels sharp or sore something underneath the crown may need checking. Pay Attention to Pain That Changes Tooth pain that lingers after cold drinks is worth mentioning to your dentist. So is … Continue reading Metal Dental Crowns Warning Signs: What Your Mouth Is Trying to Tell You<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5257,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions\/5257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}