Food Factor!

OK..time to follow a cap(crown)from start to finish...at our first visit about a week ago the patient came in with very irritated gums due to food impacting (getting stuck) between two teeth as a result of a large filling that was wearing away...see fig. 1

So we decided to place a cap on this tooth which would prevent the food impaction...I could have tried to place another filling, but in this case we chose to make a new cap.
In fig.2 you can see the tooth after being prepped for a cap and you can see just how badly the gums were suffering!
After taking an impression for a new cap I placed a temporary cap which the patient would wear until the new cap was made. Fig. 3 shows the temp cap cemented into place...

At this point the patient is dismissed and about 7 days later the patient returned and I cemented a well fitting new cap...fig. 4....you can see how nicely it fits at the gum line and you can even see how in just one week the gums have dramatically healed....the white blanching of the gums in typical when a new cap is placed and goes away in about a day.
so if you are getting food between your teeth...let me know!!