Dental Assistant broke tooth taking off temporary crown?

What would you do??? I went to the dentist and I was having pain from temp. being too high. The assistant removed my temp and half of my tooth along with it. Now I have to go and have a crown lengthening performed. When I original ly went to the dentist my tooth was cracked in half. The tooth is in the back of my mouth at the top, next to last tooth. I was supposed to be going in to get my impression from my crown, none of this was mentioned at my last visit!! I left with a referral to a periodontist for crown lengthening. I have to pay for this out of my pocket I do not have dental insurance. Has anyone else had this happen. It seems like I was better off before I went to the dentist. Would it be better for me to get a implant. When they showed me the tooth today I was livid. 85% of the tooth is now gone there is only a sliver of the tooth left.When they put the temp. crown on last time I had WAY more tooth left than that. I am open for any and all suggestions.
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When you have a tooth that has had a root canal the tooth becomes brittle because they have taken out the living part of the tooth eg. the nerve/pulp. Did you have the root canal recently or years/months ago? Your question is some what confusing. Did you have the temp. on and then the tooth cracked? Or did you have the cracked tooth first and then they put on the temporary? Most of the time a dentist will rec'd a crown for a posterior tooth that has had a RC, for the reason that I mentioned above. Root canaled teeth become very brittle. The crown helps with the strength of the tooth. If you had this tooth root canaled months or years ago and did not have it crowned than I am not surprised that it fractured.. Which ever your situation if the tooth was going to fracture at some point, you should be glad that it fractured before you have had the perm. crown cemented. It may be to your benefit to look into possibly having an implant placed. You have to have enough bone support to hold one, however it may be a better solution to a tooth that sounds like it does not have much going for it. A tooth that has an RC, with 85% of it being missing, and you still need a crown lengthening? Check on an implant. I have two singles, (#20, and #2) and they are great. Nobody can tell except my dental friends. They are expensive but well worth it. One implant is now just as cost effective in our area, as having an RC, crown length., build-up, and crown. You may want to check it out. As a side note implants can fail as well depending on several factors. I have had mine for two years now and have never had a problem. Good luck.
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