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Do you have to have root canal treatment to have a crown fitted?

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Answer:

NO, The dentist will remove nearly all of the tooth and leave a little peg of tooth around the nerve. The crown will then be fitted onto the peg that is left.

This means that you will have all the feeling within the crown that you would have had with your real tooth.

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