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    • Ortho question for Ship...or any dental professional
    • I had ortho several years ago. I got it at 21 and had my active treatment completed at 23 and then a retention period..which I abided by faithfully. I used my retainer for many years but now it needs replacing, and lately haven't used it too often (2 years or so). I still have my lingual
    • scared about taste in mouth
    • ok first off, im a worrier and probably should get my anxiety checked out... BUT, this time im not sure that im making this up. I have had a strange metallic taste in my mouth for 2 weeks or a bit more ... i have been on a low carb, high protein diet and was told it is a symptom of ketosis. That
    • Dental Sealants for Teenagers
    • I took my daughter for an exam last year... she had just gotten her braces off. The dentist recommended that I have all her molars sealed, for a price of $40 per tooth... Is this common practice?? She actually has never had a cavity, except for that day (IRONICALLY), they filled the cavity then
    • Laser Periodontal Surgery
    • Hi,Anyone know of a provider for the above in Southern California? Thanks!! :cool:
    • Denture wearers
    • Well I finally got my upper denture today after waiting over 2 months. Im left with some questions that my dentist answered and I should fully believe him but with how I look im a little unsure.First the teeth on my dentures look huge compared to my natural teeth on the bottom.When i try to smi
    • Carbocaine
    • Since i have had allergic reaction to lidocaine(mainly cause i have the problem with epinephrine)i just recently had done some work on my teeth with the carbocaine. I have had several dental specialists work on my teeth recently all using carbocaine. The problem i have is when my primary care de
    • Wisdom Tooth
    • I think I may be getting another widsom tooth at the top left side. But I only feel a tiny something there and not sure if it is a tooth or now. But it hurts on that side a lot so I figure it is. How long does it take for a wisdom tooth to come in. It's been like this for about a month or
    • Wisdom Teeth Removal
    • Hope you can offer me some advise http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gifI had my left side upper and lower wisdom teeth removed 2 years ago, they were growing in sideways. I never went back for the right side because they came in fine.But ... My bite feels off balance, in fact my whole jaw f
    • Root canal
    • I have a tooth that has been worked on but it was never finished cause the tooth was calcified. She told me that I have to go see an endodotist. Now, this was a long time ago. This happened around January and I still haven't gotten it fixed. Around March, I started to feel some pain but my
    • night wean for decay?
    • My 27 mo old dd is going to get her teeth fixed under GA in December-she'll get the front 4 capped (hopefully not extracted) and molars capped, other decay filled, etc etc. I didn't want to do it but after 3 dentists I am thinking it is for the best. I know nursing doesn't "caus
    • Front lower 6 unit bridge vs implants
    • I am 38. When I was 16 I was in a car accident that damaged my lower front teeth, canine to canine. One tooth was knocked out, number 27 and numbers 23, 24, 25, 26 and 28 have root canals and crowns (with a bridge covering 26-28). Recently I broke off number 25 and will need to have it the root
    • Major pain with a cavity filling
    • Okay, this is going to sound really weird, but here goes...I went to a Dentist I never went to before and had a cavity filling taken out that I had since I was young. Well this Dentist stated that I had to have these two cavities taken out, I asked him to put the white fillings ininstead of the
    • Possible yeast connection with baby tooth decay
    • My 17 month old ds has almost lost two of his top four teeth. They look like they have been eaten away by acid. I have pictures if anyone wants to see them. I have been doing a lot of research, and I think there might be a yeast connection. He had thrush when all of this started, and now we
    • post extraction
    • i had a tooth pulled yesterday, bottom molar and when i look at the gum the hole seems to have a blood jelly like kinda thing in it, is this normal or should i remove that clot thing to allow it to heal up? had a tooth out last year and cant recall it being like this.
    • Ozone treatment of cavities....
    • Anyone heard about this? It's been approved in the UK and a few other places, but won't be approved in the US until 2005. My understanding is, they use the ozone to clean the cavity and it allows your own body to heal the tooth. Supposedly, the tooth can actually become stronger aft
    • need help now!
    • I am a 34 yr old single mother. I grew up in poverty and rarely if at all seen a dentist as a child. As a teen, and well into my twenties, i suffered w/ bulimia and anorexia. I have over came a great deal in my life and now my teeth are showing signs of stress due to my previous lifestyle. I
    • Only two wisdom teeth, now another?
    • I'm 26 years old and about 3 years ago I had two of my wisdom teeth removed because that grew in. Now my upper left jaw where I didn't grow in a wisdom tooth is hurting pretty bad. It seems to be coming behind my last tooth and I also feel a slight bump behind the last tooth so I'
    • Medicinal Irrigant $39? after wisdom teeth removal
    • Well, I just got a quote for my extractions of 4 teeth. There was an extra charge for (4) Medicinal Irrigant for $39 each.. Is this charge necessary? or is it snake oil?
    • Teeth whitening
    • Has anyone heard of a relation between teeth whitening and loss of a tooth or teeth? Is it a coincidence that me and a friend of mine each lost a tooth during the months that we were whitening our teeth?
    • dental work & heart murmur
    • I have a dentist appt. next Tuesday, part of my tooth broke off I'm hoping he can just fill it in. But anyway I have a heart murmur and I am going to have to take 4 antibiotic pills 1 hour before I go. Anybody experienced this? I just found out a few months ago about the murmur and I am
    • Upper Wisdom Tooth Extraction, Odd Palette Pain
    • I had my upper right wisdom tooth extracted yesterday. At the 2 hour mark I had gushing from the socket, so I rinsed the blood out of my mouth and repacked new gauze and that seemed to do the trick. At the 4 hour mark the bleeding had stopped to a reasonable level. At about the 5-6 hour mark I
    • facial pain, please help
    • i have had jaw pain for three years now. most doctors told me i was clinching and gave me a night guard. however, just recently i have been told that i have a maloclusion where only three teeth his on the back right side, and this has cause a lot of face and jaw pain, and facial assymetry. i was
    • Another denture question
    • I'm still making minor adjustments here and there with my top immediate after 7 weeks...one day everything is fine and the next day it all changes!!! I know this is to be expected, so I'm not getting upset about it...but....I'm having a problem with too much gum showing lately...
    • Canker sores
    • Any reason why all of a sudden I'm getting a new canker sore in my mouth every week? They always go away after a few days, and are always in different spots.
    • tooth decay
    • hello everyone, i'm new here !I already have a bunch of questions, out of curiousity,but I'm willing to just ask a few questions.1) in my late 30's, and I've noticed that on my rightside mouth, my teeth or a tooth seems to be either pullingout, or growing out some, but then s
    • so many brushes
    • Last month I had root planing as I have periodontal disease. I have gone regularly to the dentist and clean and floss most of my teeth twice a day, although I can't get the thread of the floss in betweeen some teeth. Yesterday I saw the hygienist and she scaled and polished and gave me so
    • Hey there! I was thinking about you and wondering ...
    • Hey there! I was thinking about you and wondering if you got your front crown fixed. Hope you're ok!
    • Hi All. A Couple Of Questions...
    • For those who have have/had gum problems, have you ever had the calculus just under the gums that was a dark color? If so, when you brushed, and your gums started to heal exposing the calculus, was your tooth/gums tender until it was scraped off?In other words...I had this problem on one of my k
    • Doctor Mark....will you do an intro?
    • Hey, welcome to MDC...we are glad to have you here.Will you do an intro for us in the Intro/Pleased to Meet You forum?I am curious to know more about you and that's the typical intro place...Again, welcome aboard. MDC is a wonderful place.:heartbeat
    • Problems after wisdom teeth removal
    • Hey, Im 22 yrs old and got my wisdom teeth out May 23rd. All four were impacted and pretty well developed. I have never had any pain or crowding, but the dentist suggested getting them removed to avoid future complications. It took a good two weeks for the pain to go away completely, but Im f
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