More than likely, but ever have a cavity in a crown?
I went to a new dentist, one that all my family member have been going to for a while, after I moved and then was slack in checkups for a couple of years. So, I have to go through the new patient assessment... and when the dentist is checking me over, he tells his assistant, "Cavity in tooth 13," (or whatever #). OK, so I need to get that filled. I made that appointment for two weeks later and went in, still uncertain which tooth had the problem. The filling process went smoothly enough and it wasn't until I left and the lidocaine wore off that I realized, "Hey, wait, that's my frickin' crown that he just drilled into." So I looked it up online and I did come across a few dentists' websites explaining that this does happen... I just wonder how often.
I went to a new dentist, one that all my family member have been going to for a while, after I moved and then was slack in checkups for a couple of years. So, I have to go through the new patient assessment... and when the dentist is checking me over, he tells his assistant, "Cavity in tooth 13," (or whatever #). OK, so I need to get that filled. I made that appointment for two weeks later and went in, still uncertain which tooth had the problem. The filling process went smoothly enough and it wasn't until I left and the lidocaine wore off that I realized, "Hey, wait, that's my frickin' crown that he just drilled into." So I looked it up online and I did come across a few dentists' websites explaining that this does happen... I just wonder how often.