Dentist put the porcelain crown on my implant post last Thursday. Overall a expensive 6 month project, but thankfully pain free.
Except, it feels weird chewing on that implant. There’s no pain. It’s more of a pressure sensation. I’m very aware that food is pressing down on it. Also, food tends to collect on top of the crown. I have to push it off with my tongue. I’ve only chewed meat or vegetables since getting the implant. No hard candy, carrots, or apples. I’m a little apprehensive about biting on anything hard.
I have three other crowns and this isn’t an issue.
This is my first dental implant. Is it supposed to feel a little weird chewing on it? It just not the same sensation as a real tooth.
Dentist here. Usually shouldn’t feel too weird but YMMV. Depends on which tooth also. A molar will have a different crown to root(implant) ratio than a premolar which will make some difference but the overall occlusion should be fairly even. If the implant crown feels like you are hitting on it first or harder you may need the crown adjusted. Of course there is the newness factor which can make things feel odd.
The food gathering on top of the crown is probably a function of it’s shape which can be hat adjusted by the dentist.
I tell folks to give things a couple of days(except pain of course) and if things don’t feel right come back and I’ll see what we can do to correct it.
I tell patients it’s like a new pair of shoes may be noticeable for a couple of days but then should feel normal if not for sure call the dentist and get it looked at.
Funny story - I have one post and crown and noticed it every time I chewed. I explaind this to my dentist, who has been absolutely marvelous dentist before and after this event, but somewhat clueless about married life. He informed me that he had only one such complaint before and that was after he had performed the exact same proceedure on his wife. He said he assumed that she no longer had a problem because she had quit complaining about it. I informed him that I was NOT his wife and if he wanted to keep both halves of his stuff, he might want to rethink correcting his wifes tooth.
As it happens, I am having the same course of treatment, and I can vouch for the fact that the sensitivity does in fact decrease with the passage of time.
It’s like root canal treatment IME, you experience an uncomfortable “awareness” for the first couple of days, and then it goes away.
Sorry, I don’t see why. Not aware of any ADA guidelines on treating family. The ADA does have a code of ethics but I would expect most dentists would treat their family ethicly.
It doesn’t surprise me that it feels different with a new crown. Did you have a temporary crown on the tooth before? A ceramic crown has less give than plastic, and you can sense temperature better with it. And if you had nothing on it except something protecting the implant it ought to feel a lot differently now. I really don’t see how anything can go wrong with the crown itself, if there’s a problem it would have to be in the implant itself.
Temperature sensitivity shouldn’t be a problem as the crown is on an implant not a tooth, but yes temporary crowns often feel quite different from perm. crowns. As for it having to be the implant v. the crown, thats not quite right. The crown could have a crack in the porcelain or not be seated or cemented properly.
What I was saying was that temperature may travel through the crown to the gums or adjoining teeth and cause an odd feeling. I’ve had that when porcelain was installed where a temporary was.
I have one implant and it was definitely odd at first - I chalked this up to not having had a tooth there from November 2009 until the crown was put on last July (there was a cross-country move, new job, new dental insurance, etc after the extraction/bone graft that led to this delay). After a week or two, I was used to having it there and stopped noticing it. YMMV, of course.
My experience was that heightened awareness of the implant faded after about a week. During that period, pressure on the tooth was very noticeable, and the crown felt to my tongue as if it were much larger than the teeth around it. I attributed it to months of getting used to a gap there, only to suddenly have a solid object and pressure sensations back. My sense of it was exaggerated by contrast.
Balance describes the same symptoms that I’m experiencing. Hopefully I’ll get used to this new tooth in a few more days.
I lost my 1st and 2nd lower left molars to gum disease in 2007. Dentist recommended a implant to replace the 1st molar. Don’t really need to replace the 2nd molar. I could but they cost so much. Even with dental insurance it cost almost 2 grand for one implant.
I just got the permanent crown today on the third tooth from the middle on the right side. The temporary felt weird when I rubbed the back of it with my tongue but it was perfectly comfortable to chew and eat. Now with the permanent it still feels weird when rubbing my tongue against it but also feels like a foreign object in my mouth. which it is but I have the constant feeling of being aware all of the time that it is there. It’s difficult to explain. I am not constantly aware of my other real teeth. All I can say to others is do not get a crown unless it is your only option. I would rather have an implant but I do not have 5000 dollars for that. Dental problems really suck especially for the uninsured.
I got the same problem all but mine are my 2 front teeth an I keep hitting them off of my bottom an they just feel off. They don’t feel like real teeth in between my front teeth it feels like it’s moving an on the gum line on my front white is coming out like filling. I don’t know if it’s failing or what please help
You may want to call your dentist for an appointment. There are several dentists on the board, but that will be their first piece of advice since you’re not their patient and they would be reluctant to diagnose your problem over the internet. The best they can do on the forums are to give general advice.
I’d lost track of when I got my dental implant. Jan 2013. Six years went by quickly.
I completely adjusted to it in a couple weeks.
I had waited several years to replace my lost lower molar. My chewing habits had changed to compensate. That’s one reason the implant felt so odd at first.