when a filling goes inside a tooth it weakens it no matter what material is used. crowns work becasue they cover and protect the tooth.
Maby perhaps dentists should fill in a hollow tooth with a stronger filling material such as a porcelain filler,instead of having to grind the tooth smaller in order to fit a crown thats made out of porcelain.This way patients dont have to pay double to have a crown as well,when the porcelain filled tooth may be strong enough.
most teeth that have root canals should have crowns to help prevent fracture. teeth that have had root canal can fracture becasue they are brittle, and have ben holowed out to do the root canal in the first place. be careful chewing on it. If the spacng you describe ws there before the root canal procedure, then perhaps it may not be able to be totallly rectified-- you may have periodontal isues that are causing that. however, a crown should be able to restore some amount of contour to the tooth. that is part of what a crown does.
I forgot to mention.A crown would not reach that high spacing(pocket or hole in gums)next to root caneled tooth.
Thanks for replying. I dont wish to have a crown.My dentist informed me that the high spacing is normal and sometimes appears near a decaying tooth.But he didnt take a second x-ray to confirm how high the spacing was.I could only reach it with half of a razor blade(adults and kids dont try this at home),and im able to remove some food particles that flossing cannot reach.When half of the razor blade reaches that high spot between my teeth,it feels like the blade is inside a pocket or hole in the gums right next to the tooth the was root caneled.Is it possible that my dentist forgot to fill in this hole in the gums? Thanks.
the tooth probably needs to be restored with a crown to reproduce the proper contour of the tooth.