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👑 To crown again 🦷 To fix a tooth
to recrown

to recrown

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To put a new hard cap on a tooth after removing the old one
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkraʊn/
  • Specialized
: reponer la corona
  • The dentist will recrown the tooth after removing the old crown to ensure it functions properly.

Examples

  • It is common to recrown a tooth if the original crown becomes loose or worn out.

  • After the old crown broke, she needed to have the tooth recrowned as soon as possible.

  • The dentist decided to recrown the damaged tooth to restore its function.

  • The dentist will recrown your tooth next week.

  • She recrowned the damaged tooth yesterday.

  • After losing her dental crown, she scheduled an appointment to recrown the affected tooth.

  • If a dental crown becomes damaged, it is necessary to recrown the tooth for effective treatment.

Surface Forms

recrown infinitive
recrowned past
recrowned past participle
recrowning present participle
recrowns third person singular

Morphology

recrown = crown (transparent) = re + crown

In the dental sense, 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'crown'.

Etymology

Recrown comes from re- 'again' and crown 'a cap or top', and in dentistry a 'crown' is the hard cap for a tooth. So to recrown a tooth is to fit a new cap on it.