About five years ago, I had my two top front teeth bonded.  There had been a
small gap (about the width of a nickle) between the two teeth.  Ever since,
I've noticed that the two teeth are beginning to separate again, especially
over the last two years.  I could probably fit a dime ...

I have noticed, more often that not, that when I go to have a cleaning the
dentist is not available to check my teeth.  Is this the norm at many
offices today?  Do "cleanings" not entail a check-up by a dentist anymore?
The Dr. is either not available for whatever reason or is not ...

The website of electronic equipment manufacturer Gore Electronics makes
the following assertion regarding the electromagnetic properties of
materials:
"If you can describe the permittivity, permeability and conductivity of

On a warm September day nearly 130 years ago, a Vineland dentist -- a strict
prohibitionist and religious man -- set out to make a nonalcoholic wine to be
served at communion service in his church.
He, his wife and their teenage son gathered baskets of grapes from the porch

I recently had another tooth added to a metal upper denture to fill a
gap.Now when I bite normally I bite on the material which was attached to
the denture for securing the tooth and this feels uncomfortable.Should I go
back to my dentist or is this how it will be in the ...

Stevo, did you here about this?
fmn

After reading through many of the posts on SMD it's obvious that
dental insurance companies that serve patients strike a bad chord. Is
there a list of good and bad companies from the dentist's
perespective, or do they view all insurance companies as impossible?

All hail to the group again.
Yesterday (Friday) I had a cont-ed course in Endo with the local Guru.
He is an avid Profile user and he recommends the safer GT's for the
generalist while he uses the more aggressive ProTaper system. I had

I am a hygienist with years of experience...I recently worked for a doctor
(one day) that tells his patients not to use Listerine because it causes
oral cancer.  A long time ago, I did hear of this but haven't heard it again
until now.  Is there any truth to that?

What's the best way to store extracted teeth WITHOUT damaging the
integrity of them?
My school recommended 10% bleach, but I've heard that will make the
teeth useless for Endo practice...

About 4 weeks ago the gum area below a lower front (actually two to
the left of the left front tooth) tooth became sore and inflamed.
This continued without subsiding for over 10 days, with the pain
constantly present but ebbing and flowing a bit.  I saw a dentist in

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I am nearing the end of my orthodontic treatment.  I am in
my 40's.
My biggest problem was crowding in the lower front teeth.
There were no spaces. Now that my teeth have been straightened,