Hi Bryanna,

Another dental ordeal that has been going on longer than my sinus perf. The two teeth next to the extracted wisdom teeth have temp crowns. For over a year, the crowns and temp crowns they placed on #15 have caused irritation and painful inflamed areas on the tongue. Removing #16 was part of the solution to see if there would be improvement, but there wasn't. Once the inflammation started on the tongue from #15, it seems nothing will fit without tongue pain. It started because a dentist placed a huge oversized crown that was also too short. This caused a sore on the tongue.

I just had a temp put on that is the worst ever. He actually put little feet on the temp and round bumps. (not the best shape for someone who already has tongue irritation!) He refused to change the temp. I will see a different dentist on Monday to make a new temp. I'm so exasperated now that I'm thinking I need to try to get a decent fitting temp on 14 and then if I can get a permanent crown on that.....I might need to extract #15. It's been over a year, and I'm sick of all the pain, and concerned if I keep this it could turn into cancer.

The dentist who put this last painful temp on is a prosthodontist. In your opinion, are prosthodontists usually any better with crowns than regular dentists? In this case, absolutely not.


Have you seen many instances where crowns cause tongue sores and can't find a proper fit for a crown after that?

Hope you're having a good holiday season so far. Carol