Root Canal without a Crown? I just had a root canal. The dentist told me I now need a crown. How long can I wait before getting one? Is it necessary?
The crown is necessary for improving the appearance of a tooth, restoring a broken tooth to its original shape, and/or strengthening a tooth. It protects the tooth from darkening and fracturing. It also creates a seal over a tooth which prevents the bacteria and contaminates from seeping back into those inner aspects of a tooth where the root canal treatment has been performed. Due to these reasons it is always beneficial to have a crown after root canal treatment.
The crown is placed on the tooth after permanent filling is filled with tooth. If the dentist has the facility of making a crown at their own lab then you can get the crowning done on the same day. But many dentists don’t have such facility at their clinic, so they give it to other experts to make crown at their lab. It normally takes 1-2 days to get it done. For more information click here.
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You want to put a crown on your tooth yesterday! After a root canal the tooth loses all its’ vascularity or moisture. The tooth becomes dried out or desiccated and brittle much the same way a branch dries out and can be easily snapped in half. By the time the average person has had a root canal, there are almost always other structurally compromising things going on with the tooth ….from fracture to decay. After a root canal, your tooth is extremely vulnerable to fracture and if you do not crown your tooth this will happen. Then you will have your tooth extracted, wasted your money on the root canal and have a much bigger problem with much greater expense.
