Crown/Bridge care

FIRST APPOINTMENT (Pre-Crown instructions):

• Crown preparation- Following the first appointment you may receive a
  temporary crown.
• You may experience some sensitivity to cold and hot if the tooth is not RCT
  treated.
• Try to brush the area gently and when you floss, pull the floss out from the
  side rather than upward.
• Call and come back to the office to get the crown either re-cemented or refabricated.

SECOND APPOINTMENT (Post-crown instructions):

• Final cementation- Please do not eat or drink for 30 minutes after your new
  crown is cemented.
• Do not eat hard or sticky foods for 24 hours while the cement completely sets.
• Your new crown may feel tight or as if it is pushing against the teeth next to it
  for several hours. This discomfort will go away within a day or two.
• Sensitivity, especially to hot and cold is common after a crown is cemented.
  The sensitivity usually subsides within a week or ten days. Usually the deeper
  the cavity, the more sensitive the tooth will be.
• We always make a check appointment a week after the final cementation.
• Your tongue usually magnifies the small difference, but you will become
  accustomed to this in a few days.
• Please follow prescribed oral hygiene instructions-45 degree angle
  brushing twice a day and flossing once a day to avoid getting a cavity or
  gum disease around your new crown.
• Flossing is especially important in preserving the health of your crown or
  bridge.
• A correctly fabricated crown or bridge should function as comfortably as
  your own tooth.
• If at all anytime in future the crown/bridge dislodged, not keep it in the
  month, visit the clinic and get it re-cemented within 10days.
• After 7-8years of crown placement, due to change in the surrounding
  structure replacement with other crown may be required.
• Follow-up is required after each procedure in gap of
  3months/6months/1yr respectively, followed by annual checkups of and
  follow up appointment for oral hygiene maintenance