I had a crown put on last December and I had to go back to my Dentist 3 times to file it down because it would hurt really bad when I would bite down. The dentist did not fix my problem and I just refused to go back a 4th time. I just stopped eating on with this side of my mouth. I now have noticed my gums are a blackish blue color around where the crown meets my gums. I am also having pain around that tooth. I recently also started having pains similiar to gallbladder disease and after having several tests done (sonogram and ultrasound) i was told that I didn't have any gallstones but that my gallbladder was only functioning at 16% capacity. The Dr. told me that the next step was to have my gallbladder removed and that he could only give me a 70% guarantee that this would eliminate my pain. I have not had my gallbladder removed because I am not certain what is causing it and I continue to have this pain and I wanted to know if there is any testing to conclude if it is the tooth with the faulty crown that is causing this pain and what I should do about this problem?

kamiller

your bite is definately too high...did you have a preventative root canal treatment on this tooth prior to the crown placement?? did the tooth have an amalgam (silver) filling prior to the crown as this will leave what is called an almagam tatoo on the gums (not a problem) also depends on what kind of crown your have..if its procelain fused to metal..could be the metal that is sometimes seen at the gumline...GO BACK TO YOUR DENTIST AND HAVE HIM FIX THIS PROBLEM...OR CALL THE RCDS IF YOUR IN CANADA TO COMPLAIN

kamiller

Ps...if Your Having Pain That Is Because The Nerve Inside The Tooth Is Dying And You Probably Need Antibiotics Before You Have An Abscess. The Nerve Is Dying Because If The Bite Is Too High You Have Inflamed The Nerve Everytime You Bite Down On It....or The Crown Placement Has Caused The Nerve To Die..not The Fault Of The Dentist...the Tooth Must Have Been In Bad Shapt To Render A Crown To Try To Save It From Further Break Down

Emland

I doubt the tooth has anything to do with the gallbladder. I had mine out and it was the best thing I ever did. Had outpatient surgery and they went in through my bellybutton. Had it done on a Thursday and was back to work on Monday.

I would find a different dentist. He doesn't seem to know what he is doing.

Emland

Wyzewoman agrees: I feel this opinion on having his gallbladder taken out might have changed my mind about having mine removed. Emland, Have you noticed any thing different since you had your gallbladder removed?

I haven't experienced any trouble. I had a tubal ligation done at the same time. It was the best two-fer ever!