Two days ago I had an old and defective crown removed, a buildup on the tooth it was over, and a new but temporary crown put on.

When I got home, I found it impossible to get floss between the back edge of it, even though my dentist tested it before I left, and was able to floss, though it seemed with a little difficulty.

With some experimentation, I managed to get floss through using a threader and thought I had the problem solved. But when I used the threader this evening, and pulled out the floss, it popped my crown off.

I was able to pop it right back on and it fits perfectly. There's no pain or discomfort.

But I haven't tried eating with it. Is this a concern? Is it likely to come off while eating? (I don't want to chomp on it and get it all bent out of shape.)Will food creep in and harm my buildup, causing it to decay. Should I take the crown off to clean it after eating? I imagine flossing again will pop it off just like last time. I guess there's nothing I can do about that.

I think I've heard of crown cement you can buy at most drug stores. Maybe I should just get some of that.

Should I call my dentist, or not bother him about it? For the time being that's a moot point, since it's Friday, and definitely don't want to ruin his weekend. I'd like to avoid going back in at all. The permanent crown is due to be put on in 3 weeks. Would that be too long to wait it out?

My main concern is getting my newly built up tooth all contaminated and decayed again, and maybe having it start hurting.

Has this happened to anybody on this forum? What did you do?

Idiopathic12/James N.