Re: Re: antiamalgamists - crowns

[Guest guest]

Hi:

Oh, such trouble with crowns. Should get the tooth/teeth extracted?

Absolute BS!

My two 40 year crowns have just had as great an inspection as you can get

along with my two 30 year crowns. And yes, you can get decay under them, but

these haven't. Yes you can get puss pockets, but these haven't. My old

crowns are in excellent condition as are my gums. Difficult to clean? 40

years of experience tells me very differently.

Jay

Jay,

Having been a dental assistant for over 9 years, I'm here to tell you

that gold crowns/caps(same thing) can get decay under them too. And gold or

any metal in the mouth has its problems too. A gold crown is not pure gold,

pure gold is too soft so they have to mix the gold with other harder metals.

Crowns are difficult to keep clean, especially if you drink sugary drinks,

the sugar flows under the crown where it is seated on the tooth. Also in time

the gum tissue around the crown will shrink away from the crown, and you can

also get periodontal pockets around in the tissue around the crown. Also,

many times the root under the crowned tooth can abcess, so it is a constant

target for bacteria. You would be better off extrcting the tooth if your are

concerned about your health. And by the way, we are way off target.

W.

[Guest guest]

" ....And then later, had a white filling replaced and it developed decay

inless than 2 years. "

That's exactly the problem with white fillings that my dentist told me about

yesterday.

Jay

[Guest guest]

Oh, really. I don't know what happened iwth me. I had decay under my amalgams

when I had them replaced. And then later, had a white filling replaced and it

developed decay inless than 2 years.

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> From: JayTownsend@...

> Date: 2002/05/22 Wed AM 09:41:24 EST

> gallstones

> Subject: Re: Re: antiamalgamists - crowns

>

> Hi:

>

> Oh, such trouble with crowns. Should get the tooth/teeth extracted?

> Absolute BS!

>

> My two 40 year crowns have just had as great an inspection as you can get

> along with my two 30 year crowns. And yes, you can get decay under them, but

> these haven't. Yes you can get puss pockets, but these haven't. My old

> crowns are in excellent condition as are my gums. Difficult to clean? 40

> years of experience tells me very differently.

>

> Jay

>

>

> Jay,

> Having been a dental assistant for over 9 years, I'm here to tell you

> that gold crowns/caps(same thing) can get decay under them too. And gold or

> any metal in the mouth has its problems too. A gold crown is not pure gold,

> pure gold is too soft so they have to mix the gold with other harder metals.

> Crowns are difficult to keep clean, especially if you drink sugary drinks,

> the sugar flows under the crown where it is seated on the tooth. Also in time

>

> the gum tissue around the crown will shrink away from the crown, and you can

> also get periodontal pockets around in the tissue around the crown. Also,

> many times the root under the crowned tooth can abcess, so it is a constant

> target for bacteria. You would be better off extrcting the tooth if your are

>

> concerned about your health. And by the way, we are way off target.

>

> W.

>

>

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