when does a dentist recommend a teeth to be cap?
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HE
When he owes a lot of money
When he wants to upgrade because have an HMO
YOU
When you have a root canal
when you want your teeth to look better.
When you ask to do some maintainance because your'e close to retirement
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When damage to a tooth is too serious and too far along for a filling to be sufficient. A cap, in very general terms, is like a super filling. Fillings are designed to rebuild the tooth to it's original shape or correct shape. A cap does the same thing, just when things are too serious for a filling.
When the tooth has had a root canal, very large filling or a crack all of these things can be a reason for needing a crown/cap. Having a crown placed helps keep the tooth together covering it to protect it.
It is very very hard at times to distinguish between a dentist trying to make a fast buck and one actually wanting to just help. The reason for this is the great difference between the cost of a cap and a regular cavity filling.
To justify a root canal there must be less than 1 milimeter between the cavity-eroded portion of your tooth and the nerve. If the tooth undergoes root canal, then there is a great possibility of protecting it better using a cap.
I had a cap done for a different reason: my last molar was inclined towards the molar next to it causing food to always accumulate in the tiny triangle gap between the two. So I just had a cap placed in that last molar to make it straighten up a little bit.
oh god..that costs soo much money.
But to answer your question-when a cavity is too big into the root..when a root canal will not work or is worn off.
It will allow you to keep the tooth strong. If you don't do it when suggested, it will cause you immense amount of nerve pain, gum problems, and possibly the tooth will be too weak to sustain itself- and will need to be pulled.
It is helpful because you might get food stuck there sometimes, and it will badly infect your gums. So, the cap will allow to prevent these things.
But make sure you check who you are getting it from because once you do it, there is no going back--so make sure they do it right the first time.
inorder to prevent it from further decay
The horror! The horror! All of these wrong answers..
Yahoo did a terrible thing by allowing health-related question/answer boards. Since first logging-on, I have seen vastly more bad advice and wrong information than good advice and correct information.
Crowns are not used to prevent decay. Crowns, like any other restoration, can get decay under them. Unlike fillings, decay under a crown is more easily missed, and the extent of the decay is rarely known until it's too late.
Crowns are used for a variety of purposes. Most commonly, however, they are used to restore teeth where large fillings will not hold up, and for teeth that are at risk of fracturing or breaking.
Crowns are also used to treat cracked-tooth syndrome.
There are other uses for crowns, but the above will do for the purposes of this board.
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