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Is getting a crown done under local anesthesia?

I will get a crown next week. I am sensitive to local anesthesia. Is getting a crown done under local anesthesia?

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Generally crowns are done under local anesthesia.
Like most dental procedures, you will be more comfortable with a local anesthetic. There are several different makeups of local anesthetics. Talk to your doctor about what your sensitive experience has been so that they can advise and consider.
The great majority of crowns are done with local anesthetic only. In some cases, if the tooth is root canalled, you may not need any anesthetic at all
It is doable if your dentist is gonna use the CAD/CAM technology. They are very well-fitted, full porcelain crowns.
A crown is typically done under local anesthesia but sometimes teeth without a live nerve, as in an endodontically treated tooth, no anesthesia is necessary depending on where the crown margin is located under the gum line. Some patients with special needs will require or prefer IV sedation. There are also different types of local anesthetics to choose from to which you may not be sensitive or it may be the epinephrine that you are actually sensitive to and that component may be eliminated.
Dear Reader,

Teeth getting a crown are shaped while under local anesthesia. Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean when you say that you are "sensitive" to local anesthesia. If that's the case, I would discuss the situation with your dentist to find an alternative. If it's one particular anesthetic, perhaps your dentist could use another substitute. If it's the epinephrine in the local anesthetic, then your dentist could use one without it. Otherwise, you may need to be sedated for the procedure.

]Hope this helps,

Steven Chamish, DDS, FIOCI, FAGD
Unless your tooth has had a root canal, yes, a crown is prepared under local anesthesia. Without some kind of anesthetic, this would be a very painful procedure since we are removing all of the protective, outer layer of the tooth.