Food Under Tooth Crown. When functioning properly food shouldnt accumulate around them. Additionally chew your food gently or on.
This can overwhelm your bodys defenses and quickly lead to an infection. Depending on the size of the food trap a small filling can be done to fill in the food trap space. Plaque contains bacteria that attacks the teeth.
Food getting stuck between the adjacent molars is sometime due to an open contact.
A new crown was made but food is still getting in the margins. Oral bacteria are tricky little rascals and they can make their way underneath a crown particularly if the person does not have good oral hygiene. When these bacteria get underneath the crown they begin to convert any sugars that make their way into the crown to acids that eat away at enamel. I recently have had a dental implant placed for 14 and the first permanent crown was a giant food trap.
