Hello,

I had a new crown less than 2 years ago. Today I went for my reqular check up to my new dentist which told me that the crown is not fitting well and I have to have it refitted and I need a filling for the tooth next to it as the food was trapped all this time in between and damaged the tooth...
The crown was originally too big and my old dentist had to remake it...

My question is: is it a dentist fault for not fitting the crown correctly (and causing damage to the next to it tooth) and where do I stand ?


Thank you so much for your help ( sorry for misspellings/ english is not my first language)

In the process of evaluating the crown, the dentist could have evaluated you for crown lengthening surgery.

I recently had a similar thing happen. A cavity at the base of the crown. Fit should have been checked long ago. It generally involves that carbon paper like stuff and moving teeth side to side and biting and then tapping teeth and checking to see if dental floss passes between the teeth without hanging up.

If food was being "trapped" you could be partly to blame for not cleaning effectively by flossing every day or using a WaterPik. With diligent, effective daily flossing and brushing, ill fitting crowns can be maintained.

Sometimes the margins of a crown are ill fitting and a ledge is present where food and plaque get trapped. You could have felt this when flossing as the floss would have gotten caught slightly on the edge of the crown.

Your new dentist should be able to see this on an x-ray which he should show you to explain the problem he sees.

Unfortunately there is no guarantee with dentistry and it's unfortunate that your previous dentist permanently cemented a crown with ledges that trapped food.

By the way... your English is better than many here who have English as their FIRST language!;):)