{"id":2789,"date":"2020-03-23T16:06:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T21:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:56:17","slug":"restorative-case-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/restorative-case-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown build-up and crown to save a broken down tooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This patient was told by his dentist that his lower front broken incisor tooth could not be saved, and only option was to extract it.\u00a0 He came to me for a 2nd opinion. This is how I saved his tooth:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2790\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2790 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor1-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fractured lower incisor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2791 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor2-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor2-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">exposing root and removal of decay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2792\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2792 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fiber post and core build-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2793\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2793 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor4-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor4-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor4.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">after dental crown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2794\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2794 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor5-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor5-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/broken_incisor5.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">new crown in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This patient was told by his dentist that his lower front broken incisor tooth could not be saved, and only option was to extract it.\u00a0 He came to me for a 2nd opinion. 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