I just had a root canal done and have the gutta percha in place awaiting the steel posts inserted and tooth filled. The dentist went dwon through a gold crown he put on seven years ago. Most of the crown remains but the tooth is now a dead base. Tomorrow I get the temp filling and posts removed and the permanent things applied. Then it’s onto a ‘build-up’ and crown prep for an ‘eye tooth’. [I still don’t get why they call grinding away most of a tooth a ‘build-up’ preparing for a crown to be applied.]
Unfortunately, a lot of dentists out there grind away TOO much tooth, so must therefore do a post and core build up before the crown, instead of just a post and crown.
I used to work for one butthole who would grind the persons tooth down so much, he would have to send the patient to his "bff periodontist" for a crown lengthening.
I work for an endodontist (root canal specialist). Our doctors try to leave as much tooth as they possibly can.
Now, there are a lot of patients who wait TOO long to finally get the rct done and by then, the rot has taken over most of the tooth. Unfortunately, that means the doctor must drill most of the tooth away.