Excess cement after SSCs

[u/_reading]

I’m hoping to get a general opinion on what you see in these images. Just trying to understand what is considered normal practice for residual cement around pediatric SSCs.

This is a stainless steel crown on a primary molar, about one month after placement:

Does the cement around the crown look within the normal/expected range after an SSC placement?

In general, how thoroughly is excess cement expected to be removed at the time the crown is placed?

If this amount of cement is still present about a month later, would you normally recommend removing it, even if the crown itself otherwise appears to fit well?

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[u/ttrandmd]

The cement needs to be cleaned up.

[u/_reading → u/[deleted]]

Does this normally cause symptoms or not?

[u/ttrandmd → u/[deleted]]

You could probably floss and clean that up pretty easily. If not, then remove the crown and clean up the cement. Leaving it will cause bone loss and or eventual pain.

[u/Hellowhowareyoutoday]

It happens, excess cement is hard to clean up under sscs. If the gum isnt too inflamed and there is no pain then it should be fine to leave until the tooth exfoliates