Can this tooth be saved?!


Question: The patient called and made an appointment stating, "My crown came out." When she arrived, she presented a plastig bag and asked - with a straight face - "Can you put it back in?"

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Answers: The patient called and made an appointment stating, "My crown came out." When she arrived, she presented a plastig bag and asked - with a straight face - "Can you put it back in?"

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Maybe you can put some stem cells in the hole and grow her a new tooth... (in about 20-30 years......)

eeww...

Eww whoa!

Well, you can put something back in but it might have titanium for a root ;-)
Seriously though, with the type of perio she probably has, you might need some bone grafting etc for an implant or a nice partial denture would suffice.

aren't you the doctor?

so, basically that came out of a VA patients mouth..haha..i love the calculus to the apex...freakin' sweet...
did you have to extract the nerve ending..haha

With a little bit of hot glue and duct tape, it should slide right back in and stay.

Tell her to get an implant if she wants something more permanent.

I can't believe that some people would take the time to comment just in order to make fun of someone else's bad teeth.Maybe they don't have dental insurance,and we all know how much it costs to go to the dentist in this day and age.

oh sick! Im no dentist but why the hell would you want that put back in???

Edit: By the way since you dont do email, could you please email me and tell me how much you think it would cost for me to get braces just on my bottom teeth. I live in Utah by the way. I am 17 and I am going to get my bottom wisdom teeth yanked cause they are crowding my teeth. They are not too crooked but enough that I want them fixed. Could you please give me an estimate of what you think it might cost. I know you cant tell me exactly but I would appreciate your help....sorry for asking you this way, I just went to email you but you dont accept email. Just let me know when you can, thanks so much.

in my world, Doctor, duct tape works wonders... but this one is beyond duct tape.

Are you going to show us a Reimpantation Miracle or what? This tooth doesn't look like that it can be saved. I don't think it is possible to put it back. but you are a dentist aren't you? should we really expect a miraculous solution or what... maybe using the crown as a pontic but i think it is senseless...

I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

builders bog shud do it





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