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[jjurabong]

Jasmine,

I can only speak from my own experience, but I didn't have that sensation at all. If it were me, I would go back.
I have, however, had other people tell me that it took about 2 weeks to get accustomed to the feeling of having a strange crown in the mouth. I don't remember tightening to be an issue.

When I went in to get one of my crowns, the dentist wouldn't put it in because it didn't fit properly - he said that in the time between it being made and my appt. (1 week) some shrinkage had occured, and that this sometimes happens. Maybe your crown is not fitting properly? In my experience, and I"ve recently had 4 crowns put in, within a couple of hours I had forgotten I had work done....no tightening or discomfort.

Good luck!

[Jasmine]

You're dentist sounds awesome. Mine's nice but...

ugh! Ok, I'm going to give it until monday and if i still can't get floss in there, I'll have my Korean friend call and explain the situation.

Thanks for you for your advice. Yeah, about four teeth towards the front of the crown feel tight and I worry they'll go crooked.

Do you know how they would go about taking a crown off in order to fix it? Is it painful?

[jjurabong]

I've never had that experience, but I would think they would file it down the same way he might have done when shaping your tooth before putting the crown on, or maybe the way they drill away an old filling. It won't be painful, because there are no live nerves in the tooth anymore. However, the crown will be destroyed, and you will need to get another one - make sure that the dentist doesn't charge you for another one - it's his fault if the thing doesn't fit properly. Even though one of my crowns didn't fit, and my dentist had to take impressions of the tooth again, have another one made, and another fitting, he didn't charge me a cent extra.

Now that I've thought about it, after one treatment halfway through the root canal process, I came home with tightness and unbearable pain all through my jaw which didn't go away in a couple of hours. So I went right back, and it turned out my temporary filling was too high. Once he replaced it, the pain went away immediately. Maybe you just need a little bit of reshaping on your crown, which can be done without removing it, to relieve the pressure.

In the meantime, I suggest a little soju to kill the pain, and calm yer nerves.

[Jasmine]

hehehe! I'll take that into consideration!


I'll let you know how everything goes on Monday.

Many thanks for your help!

[silver_butterfly]

[heydelores]

I'm very happy with William Han at the London Dental Clinic in Gangnam. I've had a total of 20 appointments in the past 4 months for some difficult work, and it has cost me a little over W100,000 total, but I don't have my crowns yet. I hear that they're very expensive.

To get to the clinic, go out Exit 8 of Gangnam station and walk straight until you're standing in front of Starbuck's. Go in the revolving door next to Starbuck's and up to the 5th floor. Phone is 02-539-2876.

[OiGirl]

[jellobean]

I know that Korea is much cheaper than Canada, but if the price is still a bit high for you, you can always go to Thailand.... My bf is doing that and the price of the vacation and the dental work is the same as (maybe even less than) getting the dental work done here We have good friends in Bangkock who had already had work done there so we know its as good the websites claim. Thailand is a popular site for dental vacations for elderly from the US and Canada. Spend less money and get a vacation in the process.

[Unibrow]

Is there any up to date information about dentistry in korea?

[denverdeath]