Two temporary crowns?

[Jenl623]

Hello, I've scoured the internet on this issue but haven't found any kind of answer. I had a cracked tooth under a crown that had decayed pretty deeply (dentist missed the "massive amount of decay" shown on a one year old x-ray). They removed my crown, cleaned up the perimeter, set a temporary crown with permanent cement and sent me to a specialist to get a root canal through the temporary crown. Now I called in to get an appointment to get the permanent crown and was told that I needed to first come in to get a temporary crown and prep the tooth. I understand needing to prep the tooth - but do I need to now start over and get the temporary cracked off and then another temporary put in place while I wait for the permanent crown? My dentist is only in the office 2 days and the receptionist didn't seem to have a clue. Does this sound right???? I am a acutely fearful patient and the whole process has traumatized me. I don't understand having to go through another temporary crown process.

 

[LADentalclinic]

If your 1st temporary crown was seated with permanent cement (very unusual) it will have to be cut off which would make a second temporary crown necessary. Normally temporary crowns are cemented with temporary cement so it can be easily removed.