Hi Bryanna,

The temp causes irritation and a round like sore on the tongue when eating. The temp is not too large. Right now the temp is kind of sharp along the tongue edge, but I don't think he can smooth it any more.

I've left messages for the dentist for a refund because he did not deliver permanent crowns, and he's ignoring it. The occlusal adjustments would have cost maybe $3000 or more because his staff said he would probably want 3 or 4 of them. The dentist never talked to me about occlusal adjustments. He just had the staff give me that info. I've read where occlusal adjustments aren't done much any more because they found they cause more problems than they solved. I did the second crown because he insisted on doing that before he would get a permanent crown for the first tooth. I didn't want to do that because that tooth was fine, but then went ahead with that. I saw it as the only way to get permanent crowns. As soon as he prepared the second tooth for the crown, he said he was putting the permanent crowns on hold. That's when he threw up the roadblock of "occlusal adjustments are required now before I'll order permanent crowns". I'm just exasperated with that kind of treatment.

Thanks. Silky

I'm still confused as to why this temp crown is causing an irritation on your tongue? Can't he just smooth out that rough portion of the crown? Is the temp too large?

Yes, a dentist can tell the lab to duplicate the shape of the temps. However, I don't see how that would solve the problem if the temp does not fit properly on the one tooth. Dental technicians are like dental artists... for chewing and esthetic reasons, they make the crowns according to the natural anatomy of a tooth. Temp crowns do not have those qualities. Will the crown be functional irrelevant of how it is shaped... depends on the anatomy of the other teeth and the bite.

If your first dentist did not insert permanent crowns on those teeth because you refused the occlusal adjustment, then yes, you are entitled to a refund of any money that you paid him for them. He would not have sent your impressions to the lab to have crowns made until your bite adjustment was done...and since it wasn't done, he most likely has not incurred any lab expenses.

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