Removal of new crown: I have a crown on a right front tooth. When it was put on it was not pushed all the way up to the gum so it sits lower than the other three front teeth. Can it be heated or something and removed and modified so it will meet the gum as designed? A woman dentist put it on and possibly she wasn't strong enough to push it the last little way it needed to go. I had a cowboy dentist who was busy trying to sell me some thing else that told me it couldn't be taken off. I think he's nuts. Help! ... Visitor from FL (answer)
Flat crown: I had a crown put in on a molar that I find is shaped well on the sides but on the top surface it is almost flat, instead of having a deep indentation like my original molar, and all my other molars. I asked my dentist about this but he said this was a better shape. After I developed pain he filed the tooth and made it even flatter (and filed the tooth above it as well). Isn't the crown supposed to be shaped exactly like the original? ... Visitor from FL (answer)
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