will flossing the crown upwards damage the crown?!


Question: Will flossing the crown upwards damage the crown?
please help if you have experience in this area. here's an article about flossing tooth with a crown:
quoted "
Crowns: When flossing around crowns, slide the floss out from between your teeth instead of lifting it out. The motion can possibly jar the crown loose, particularly if it's a temporary."

my dentist flossed my crown lifting UP, since then my crown feels funny and even some pain. does anyone of
you know if flossing upwards on a PERMANENT crown would cause any issue and would you tell the dentist
that since he flossed it upwards, your crown feels funny? I feel bad for telling him this.
I NEVER floss upwards for your info, I always did it having the floss coming out from between the teeth instead of lifting it upwards when coming out.

Answers:

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If it's a temp. crown then probably you shouldn't floss upwards. They're not glued on very tight.

But a permanent crown, if it's so loose that flossing is going to disturb it, then it's too loose to chew on!

I have a lot of crowns. It's a genetic thing in my dad's family, they all had dentures before they were 30. I have maybe 18 crowns. I've had them come loose once or twice, and need to be re-cemented. In one case, the tooth broke inside the crown and the whole crown had to be replaced. But I floss up, down, any way I can. I've never had flossing loosen a crown. If I did I would have just figured it was loose to begin with. You get more 'negative pressure' on a tooth chewing on a gooey caramel than flossing.

If your crown feels funny, you should definitely talk to the dentist about it. He can check it out in just a few seconds, looking at the 'margins' and maybe having you bite on some carbon paper (I forget the name of it, but you know the stuff I mean) to show if the top of the tooth is raised above where it should be.




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