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Tooth cap came off :(
My tooth cap came off from the lower jaw grinding tooth, rct done and tooth was capped 3 years ago and I think the problem is the adhesive .. Can I use any denture adhesives?
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visit your dentist and get it checked . the dentist will help you to cement the cap back on the tooth.
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Please visit a dentist to get it refixed.it won't fit if you delay.
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visit a dentist
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avoid eating sticky foods.
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You should visit a dentist and get it re-fixed if its in a good condition. Dont try to fix it yourself with a denture adhesive, because the adhesive used for crown fixation is different.
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get it done ASAP because dimensions can change if you keep it for long outside.
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You can use the same cap if it's in proper condition. Your dentist will fix it with an adhesive.
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keep your cap safe and visit your dentist.
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Denture adhesive is different from the adhesive used to cement the cap.
Please visit the dentist for recementation immediately.
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Denture adhesive helps only removable dentures. It won't help for tooth crown.
You need to go to a dentist who will recement it to your tooth with proper adhesive cement
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Visit a Dentist with your recement cap as early as possible
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Crown tend to dislodge due to eating very hard food and/ or sticky food.Better avoid them if you have tooth cap.
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Dr. Suman Makam
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23 yrs exp
Bangalore
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Mam,if the sub-structure is safe,then you can go back to the dentist to get it refixed.you should do this ASAP before the tooth supraerupts.
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Dr Sumanmakam
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Dr. Shruti Joshi
Dentist
19 yrs exp
Thane
Hi,Please visit a dentist to get the cap fixed immediately as more the delay the cap will not fit.Also do not use denture adhesive as it is different from cap adhesive.Also after the cap is fixed please avoid sticky things so that cap will last long.
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Dr. Ismail Qureshi
Dentist
15 yrs exp
Hyderabad
: ) nice thought..but denture adhesive are meant for adhesion between mucosa and denture...that doesnt work for cap to tooth adhesion..
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visit a dentist immediate, he would clean the cap and your tooth for any remnants of old adhesive, then fix that cap again (provided your tooth structure is intact )
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don't delay, any movement of tooth loses the fiitting of cap..
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