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Thursday, November 26. 2009

Vote Teeth!

Last Friday I bit down on a granary bread sandwich and a sizeable chunk of a molar broke off in my mouth which was much less fun than it sounds.  Today I went to the dentist who said I need a crown on the broken tooth before he stuck a temporary thing in that feels like a large lump of chewing gum.

So in January I have to go back and have a lengthy session of crown fitting.  And, here's the exiting bit, you get to vote on what I do!  Should I:

a) Go for the NHS option - a gold metal crown costing £181.50 to give me "a mouthful of bling" (as the dentist said), or

b) Go for the private option - a white/porcelain crown costing £275.00

I'm leaning towards the more expensive but more natural looking option.  Having never undergone this sort of dentistry before, any opinions would be welcome.  Will it hurt?

Posted by Rich in Diary at 17:39 | Comments (9)
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All dentistry hurts. Go for gold!
#1 lordhutton on 2009-11-26 19:42 (Reply)
I had a tooth crowned years ago, with the white porcelain. Which has broken, but is still serviceable. And even with my dental phobia I can say in all honesty that it didn't hurt.
#2 Jan on 2009-11-26 19:53 (Reply)
My Dad had a gold one and the damn thing used to come out every other week.
#3 Mort on 2009-11-26 20:22 (Reply)
isn't gold really soft? I can't think of many metals worse to make a tooth out of :-)

well, maybe potassium... or uranuim 232...
#4 Alistair (Homepage) on 2009-11-26 20:26 (Reply)
The porcelain one. MMD has experience in these matters.

If it's any consolation, that price is a lot cheaper than it cost him in the USA even WITH dental insurance.

Though if you want to look piratical you should probably go for gold.
#5 MMM on 2009-11-26 21:11 (Reply)
It won't hurt. Have the white - if you don't like it, you can always spray it gold. I had one when I was a lot younger, I think it cost £2 17s. 6d.
#6 Lois on 2009-11-26 21:32 (Reply)
I had a gold one put in when I was a teenager (I wasn't given the option of any alternative). It's fine functionally, but because it is only the top half of the tooth it looks really daft. Fortunately it's far enough back that people don't notice it, but I still hate it. I'd suggest white, but it's what you'd feel more comfortable with really.
#7 Me on 2009-11-27 06:39 (Reply)
Will it hurt?

NHS - Yes.
Private - No.

:-)
#8 Stu (Homepage) on 2009-11-27 09:05 (Reply)
Go for white. I was wondering what to buy you for a Christmas present - how about a bit of tooth??
#9 Grandma on 2009-12-03 19:03 (Reply)
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