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Let's say that there is a guy with a lean, toned body and a nice face with bright eyes and a defined jawline. However, his teeth are slightly crooked, the front two have mamelons, and they aren't perfectly white. If it makes any difference, it's not his fault because he doesn't drink soda, and he brushes and uses mouthwash twice a day. They're just naturally the way they are.

Would this be a deal breaker for you? Explain why or why not.

So I had a root canal done. The surgeon put a temporary filling in, front tooth, and told me to get the permanent filling done in 1-3 weeks, no more than 3 weeks. (Apparently if you wait too long the temp filling will start messing up, can let bacteria in your tooth, cause infections, make the root canal fail, etc.)

I went to a dentist--fancy little place in a shopping mall--and this dentist starts urging me to get a crown, saying my tooth could break, or it could turn gray. (they had advertisements on the front windows about getting crowns in one visit, just two hours) I say I'd rather go with the filling. She looks at my x-rays, I tell her I have a follow up with the surgeon to get x-rays in a November and make sure the abcess inside the jaw went away and so I don't need surgery inside the gum

She then tells me she'd rather wait on the filling until my November checkup, because what if the tooth is not savable and I have to have surgery or an implant, and why do an not needed procedure... suddenly acting like a filling is a big deal when she was urging me to get a crown 10 mins earlier. I tell her the surgeon told me to get it done within 3 weeks and she tells me I'm fine, the temp filling will last months, no profacblem.

I call the surgeon and he confirms he doesn't think I should get a crown, and if I wait longer than 3 weeks it's more likely my tooth could get infected and require surgery or worse. So I feel like this dentist might be either incompetent, or hopes the tooth will go bad and I'll have to get a crown. Opinions? Thoughts?