What constitutes a big dental filling?
It is the obligation and responsibility of Dr. Lunn to provide you with information, advice, and options on how best to restore your teeth. Really, any filling which is greater than about a third of the width of its tooth could be considered to be a filling large enough that the strength of the tooth overall has been reduced and the tooth is now a good candidate for the placement of a dental crown. No dentist can know for certain which teeth will develop problems and which teeth won’t. Dentists do know both from their dental training and clinical experience, an idea of which teeth are more at risk for breaking than others and they have an obligation to report this information to you. What Dr. Lunn will discuss with you is when a crown will be the treatment of choice as opposed to a large filling giving the most successful outcome.
