I've just been reading this abstract:
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The effect of the electrode potential on the release of mercury from
dental amalgam

I'm in need of a dental plan...has anyone honestly tried
http://www.instantdentalplans.com?
Thanks!

Hello, O learn-ed Gurus of stomatology:
The rep for Atridox/PerioStat was chez-nous again this week and asked me
if I'd had any results using one or the other. Firstly, there is the
$$$$ issue with Periostat. Secondly, as has been expressed here a few

Greetings,
During childhood and all through adolescence I had an overbite that I
never worried about and my parents dismissed. The denist would make
the observation from time to time, but it was never seen as a big

I am a junior in highschool and i want to become a dentist. I know
that i will need some sort of science major in college, in order to
get into Dental School, but i have no idea of what i should major in.
What do dental schools look for. Are there any majors that you would

I had a gum graft last Thursday and it feels as though everything is
going well. The graft was done on two upper teeth, third from the back
each side to cover exposed roots.
Current status:

for as long as i've had the "big teeth," i've had a yellowy blotch on
each of my two front teeth, and some slight greying on most of the
others. my parents always told me this was because i was given
antibiotics as a baby. it never bothered me, because they were always

I appear to have a moderate amount of white-ish food debris
accumulating in the socket of my rear molar that was pulled a couple
of weeks ago.
I've tried using a salt water mouth wash fairly vigorously but it

Steven Bornfeld,
Hey Dude,
Love your scientific analysis.
Agree with you *almost* every time.

I was born with a calcium malabsorption syndrome affecting my teeth
and nails.  I spent one day a week in a dentist's chair from age 1 and
1/2 thru high school. Despite all types of interventions I lost my
upper teeth at age 35 and the lowers followed a few years later.  I am

My braces will be off in about two months.  The final adjustments have
been made.  The only things I am wondering about are what is
considered to be normal or ideal overjet and overbite.  Should the
upper front teeth cover the bottom by about a third?  How deep should

I was wondering if someone could help me with some information. I just
had a couple of wisdom teeth removed and I was wondering how long I
should wait until being able to smoke marijuana again. I asked my
doctor, but I was uncomfortable explicitly bringing up pot so I asked

There's a process that replaces extracted teeth with one manufactured to the
identical dimensions. The new tooth is shoved into the cavity created by
removing the defective tooth. I want to know more about it like what is it
called? what are the pro's and con's, where can I have it ...

Have had some patients lose their NTI's that were made
with clear Snap.
Have a solution that is quite easy, that makes the NTI
more visible and easier to find.

I am about to embark on the Internet's very first review of Silitone
Colored Instrument Bands (which is hard to believe considering today
is March 8 2004).
I received my order for Silitone Colored bands from Pearson Dental