Hi Carol,
Well that sounds like it was a positive visit! I could not understand why your temp crown was so uncomfortable..... never should it be that way!
The galvanic response is an interesting topic and I'm surprised to hear that you know about it! How did you come upon that? Most people are totally unaware of it because it is one of those issues that is not disclosed by a dentist to their patient....... unless the patient brings it up! I believe that the galvanic response that occurs from the various metals used in dental fillings and crowns has negative effects on the persons health in some way or another.... the problem just may show up as something totally unrelated and therefore be overlooked in their diagnosis.
High Noble Gold crowns are actually bio-compatible an can be tolerated by most people really well.........but put them in someones mouth who has mercury fillings and the gold becomes contaminated by the mercury setting off that galvanic response. Even porcelain fused to gold crowns become contaminated by mercury fillings because the mercury vapors work their way into the slighted openings. Fortunately, steps are being taken to outlaw the use of mercury in dental fillings across the US... hopefully it will happen soon!
With your new dentist, make sure he means all porcelain crowns on those teeth. Ask him if they will be zirconium (lava) or procera.
Glad your feeling better...... Keep us posted........
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Silky
Hi Bryanna,
Thanks, I got your message before my appointment. Great idea to not tell the dentist about the nonsense and baggage. I had seen this dentist one time for a consult, so he knew some of the history. I didn't choose him to do the crown at the time because he thought he might HAVE to do gold for the back tooth, but it depended on seeing the tooth.
Today he made a new temp out of new material, but he used the old temp as a starting point by making an impression of it, and made changes to it that he thought would be better. It feels like a big improvement in shape....like a tooth actually. He said I show try it out for few weeks or month, and come back for changes if something isn't right. He said one guy needed 4 changes before they got it right. Whereas the other dentist did not want to make changes. He had that long expensive treatment plan instead. Today this new dentist said that after seeing the teeth, both crowns need to be all porcelain. That was good to hear since I have a lot of allergies, and did not want to go with a new material that I never tried. I always have heard about the galvanic response, so prefer to stay away from gold.
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