Should a permanent crown ever fall out if done properly?!

Question: Should a permanent crown ever fall out if done properly?

My wife had about $5k in dental work done back in Summer of 2008 in Hawaii. Well I'm in the military and shortly after leaving Hawaii in Feb of 2009 she had one of her crown fall off so we had to pay a new Dentist to re glue the crown, then it fell out a few months later again. Now she just had another different crown fall off. The list of what she had done is 3 root canals, 3 post and 3 crowns, plus a couple of filling. The first crown that fell out was the second from the last tooth on the bottom right, the one that just fell out was the second from the last but on the left bottom. The 3 posts and crown were done at a different dentist than the root canals. The dentist who re-glued the crown said that it looked like a temporary crown, and that a new one will need to be made. The receipt for the work says "Crown-porc fuse high noble mtl". Should these crowns have fallen out after still being so new? I am in the military and the Army doesn't cover spouses fully so i don't have a lot of money to keep fixing this. Should I be able to request that the first dentist reimburse me for some of this?

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IF DONE CORRECTLY A CROWN STAYS ON FOR YEARS

I work in the UK and treatment here is guaranteed for 1 year for work like crowns and veneers. I am not sure of your policies over there only the governing body for dentistry could or the actual dentist. When a tooth is crowned either on the tooth or a post crown is on as in a metal post drilled into the root rather than the tooth as the tooth could be decayed an that was the only option as a last resort. Crowns are for aesthetic reasons only (cosmetic) and once a crown is required for a tooth after a root treatment then this is a last resort to fill the gap(s). When a crown falls out more than once it could mean that the root is fractured below the gum line meaning no one can see it not even on an xray unfortunately and the only option is extraction of the crown and tooth leaving a gap. regarding how long they should last it really depends on the person and how strong their roots are. The Lab technician would make the crown based on the impressions the dentist took, if an error was made doing this such as it was a millimeter too big then the crown would be too big even when cemented however there would be no way of proving this. Do some asking around regarding cover periods and then take it from there. Oh and the receipt means a porcelain bonded surface onto a metal cap creating the crown, high noble i think is the shade?

I am a dental nurse in the UK

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