I have crowns on both my front teeth. They have been in for about five years. One cracked awhile back when my dentist was on vacation. I went to another less seasoned dentist who packed my mouth quite substantially when making the impression for the replacement crown. The tooth to the left of the temporary crown seemed to be bruised and has subsequently become quite discoloured. When the replacement crown was ready it was the wrong colour and seemed to me too high in the gum with a bulbousness to the side. I went back in a week to complain and my bite seemed off. The dentist sent me to the lab where they said they would need to do another impression and replace this crown. In the meantime my regular dentist returned. I went to visit him and showed him the crown which lies higher up in my gum line. I am not comfortable with the new dentist redoing the work. I expressed this to the office and asked for a reversal of the fees and have the lab send the replacement crown to my old dentist. They were unmoved said they had not done anything wrong and would not do anything except resolve the work themselves. I feel that the tooth next to the crown sufferred some trauma in this work and also experienced significant bruising along the gum line. Do you think it was unprofessional of the new dentist to simply shoo away my concerns and refuse to provide any financial compensation? My gut instinct is that if the impression was done so wrong the first time why would she do it any better in a second round? I have decided to just bite the bullet and pay for my dentist to do it properly as the tooth next to it requires a crown and I do not want to traumatize the gums anymore. Any advise or response?
Thanks