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Question:
25 years Grinding - New Crown Pain: My wife has ground her teeth for 25 years now and recently had
her molars and premolars capped with porcelain crowns to prevent further damage and reduce sensitivity to hot and cold.
She now experiences shooting pain when biting with these back teeth. She has been back to the same dentist twice to shave or level the capped contact surface but this hasn't helped. She can only chew lightly on one side.
Is this normal? Will it become less sensitive? (already 3 months later) Should she replace them with metal caps - crowns? ...Visitor from OR
Answer:
First Possibility - You said that your wife had ground down her teeth for 25 years and only had her premolars and molars capped. To do crowns, the dentist had to grind down the teeth even more. The nerve could have been exposed because the teeth were already worn down. Now the nerves are possibly irreversibly inflammed or infected. She may need additional treatment.
Second Possibility - You said she had ground down her teeth so therefore they are shorter. The dentist may not have had a lot to work with and the crowns may not be cemented well enough to provide a solid bite. They could be loose on a microscopic level. This could cause bite sensitivity.
Third Possibility - the cement technique and the grinding could have caused the nerves to be inflammed
and they may or may not calm down on their own. Sometimes we mistake that everything is well because
the teeth finally do not hurt. But, they may no longer hurt because the nerve is dead and the tooth
may abcess in the future.
The point being, it is not normal and perhaps you should give your dentist another try and let him or
her know about the level of your dissasfaction.
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