Re: could amalgam be under crown

[Guest guest]

>

> Today is a great day for me, I just had the last of amalgam removed

> from a tooth that had a crown, after months of dental work.

>

> My Dentist says that he doesn't think there is amalgam under the

other

> crown. I have my DMSA ready to go, but I wonder if he can tell

for

> sure with the x-ray.

TK--- not usually as the crown metal can hide the amalgam

underneath. all metals look the same with x-ray.

If I can wait till January, my dental insurance

> will cover half, but right now, I've pretty much gone to the

limit.

>

> I'm sure the high road is to have the crown redone, but can an x-

ray

> be reliable enough to trust that it doesn't have amalgam? I'm sure

> that if there's any build-up under it, it would be amalgam, but I

> guess sometimes, they just grind a tooth down and put a crown on

it.

> I'm sure the records are gone.

>

> Thanks for the help,

> Patt

>

[Guest guest]

Do you remember the circumstances when you received the crown?

Perhaps that would help. For example, I have one crown that was put

over a broken front tooth - since I remembered what happened and when,

I was sure there was no amalgam underneath. (We've since replaced

the porcelain-on-gold with composite and I was right)

>

> Today is a great day for me, I just had the last of amalgam removed

> from a tooth that had a crown, after months of dental work.

>

> My Dentist says that he doesn't think there is amalgam under the other

> crown. I have my DMSA ready to go, but I wonder if he can tell for

> sure with the x-ray. If I can wait till January, my dental insurance

> will cover half, but right now, I've pretty much gone to the limit.

>

> I'm sure the high road is to have the crown redone, but can an x-ray

> be reliable enough to trust that it doesn't have amalgam? I'm sure

> that if there's any build-up under it, it would be amalgam, but I

> guess sometimes, they just grind a tooth down and put a crown on it.

> I'm sure the records are gone.

>

> Thanks for the help,

> Patt

>

[Guest guest]

Do you remember the circumstances when you received the crown?

Perhaps that would help. For example, I have one crown that was put

over a broken front tooth - since I remembered what happened and when,

I was sure there was no amalgam underneath. (We've since replaced

the porcelain-on-gold with composite and I was right)

>

> Today is a great day for me, I just had the last of amalgam removed

> from a tooth that had a crown, after months of dental work.

>

> My Dentist says that he doesn't think there is amalgam under the other

> crown. I have my DMSA ready to go, but I wonder if he can tell for

> sure with the x-ray. If I can wait till January, my dental insurance

> will cover half, but right now, I've pretty much gone to the limit.

>

> I'm sure the high road is to have the crown redone, but can an x-ray

> be reliable enough to trust that it doesn't have amalgam? I'm sure

> that if there's any build-up under it, it would be amalgam, but I

> guess sometimes, they just grind a tooth down and put a crown on it.

> I'm sure the records are gone.

>

> Thanks for the help,

> Patt

>

[Guest guest]

Do you remember the circumstances when you received the crown?

Perhaps that would help. For example, I have one crown that was put

over a broken front tooth - since I remembered what happened and when,

I was sure there was no amalgam underneath. (We've since replaced

the porcelain-on-gold with composite and I was right)

>

> Today is a great day for me, I just had the last of amalgam removed

> from a tooth that had a crown, after months of dental work.

>

> My Dentist says that he doesn't think there is amalgam under the other

> crown. I have my DMSA ready to go, but I wonder if he can tell for

> sure with the x-ray. If I can wait till January, my dental insurance

> will cover half, but right now, I've pretty much gone to the limit.

>

> I'm sure the high road is to have the crown redone, but can an x-ray

> be reliable enough to trust that it doesn't have amalgam? I'm sure

> that if there's any build-up under it, it would be amalgam, but I

> guess sometimes, they just grind a tooth down and put a crown on it.

> I'm sure the records are gone.

>

> Thanks for the help,

> Patt

>