If there is an unpleasant odor from under the crown of the tooth, then this can signal that particles of food are falling under the construction, or the tooth tissue is rotting.

If there is a smell from under the prosthesis, you should immediately consult a dentist.

One must be prepared for the fact that the doctor can remove the structure in order to assess the condition of the tooth.

The causes of odor may be related:

• With a loose fixation of the crown on the tooth, as a result, food residues and sugar dissolved in saliva are clogged under the prosthesis, which subsequently decompose, causing rotting processes and the formation of an unpleasant odor under construction.
• When depressurization (violation of the adhesion of the structure to the tooth stump with cement) crowns. When saliva gets under the prosthesis, oxides are formed on the inner metal surface of the structure, which destroy the tooth under the crown.
• With poor-quality tooth treatment before installing a crown on it.

Causes of tooth decay under crowns:

• Strong tooth decay prior to fixation of crowns. Often the patient is offered prosthetics with crowns, when the tooth, according to modern protocols, is already to be removed. Hence the problems arise. With severe tooth decay - fixing the crown - this is only a temporary measure, if the tooth is destroyed to the level of the gums, implantation will be the most correct way, because there is still enough bone tissue for it.

• Inadequate oral hygiene, which is important not only for the care of dentures, but also for healthy teeth. And if poor hygiene is one of the reasons for the destruction of healthy teeth, then no crown can protect a weakened tooth from destruction by microorganisms.

• Neglecting the installation of temporary structures at the stage of manufacturing permanent prostheses.

• Poor prosthetics associated with poor design quality and poor fixation to the tooth.

Symptoms of tooth decay under the prosthesis

• The presence of an unpleasant odor from under the construction.
• Food jams under the crown and its decomposition cause the formation of an unpleasant odor.
• Blackening of the tooth is a clear sign of its decay.

Complications

If there is a smell under the denture, then you can not postpone the visit to the doctor, because:

• Propagation of pathogenic bacteria under the prosthesis can lead to the formation of a cyst under the crown of the tooth, the danger of which is the formation of suppurative process in the soft tissues.
• If the crown is depressurized, then the formation of an inflammatory process under construction becomes inevitable, which is often complicated by flux. After opening it, the patient requires a course of antibiotic treatment.
• Odor formation can occur as a result of pulpitis or the development of secondary caries, leading to the destruction and decay of the tooth under the crown.

What to do

When the process of tooth decay has begun, it is impossible to stop it.

The design will stay on the remnants of the tooth until it is completely destroyed. Then the crown will drop out spontaneously.

• If the cause of the unpleasant odor is because the tooth decay process has begun under the crown, the dentist will carry out appropriate treatment aimed at preserving the tooth. Then, repeated prosthetics will be performed.
• In the case when food residues fall under the crown, under it there is an active process of decay of not only food but also the tooth, which can also lead to irreversible consequences. Therefore, do not postpone a visit to the dentist.

It is best to go to the dentist at the moment when the tooth aches a little under the prosthesis. In this case, the problem can be fixed in a short time, and it is not always necessary to remove the crown for this.

The desire of patients in any way to avoid repeated prosthetics is a gross mistake.

The tooth should be saved, not the structure. In case of untimely access to a doctor, preservation of the tooth becomes impossible, and every day of delay brings the patient closer to the removal of such a tooth.

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