Why are some people prone to dental caries while others seem to be
immune?
 We all know someone who has never had a cavity although they don't
take extraordinarily good care of their teeth; indeed they may take

Howdy gang.  For those who don't want to read this, the question is at
the bottom. I only just got back online last night, after a few days'
worth of courses and late nights at the _office_. I usually just
connect, download the messages here and my emails and then disconnect,

I'm living in a foreign country (with notoriously bad dentists)who do
things through financial motivation.  He said my two lower wisdom
teeth are on their sides and therefore need taking out!  I'm not in
any pain cos' of it.  My question is when I go home back to the UK

What sort of group is this? I read a lot of post on here and you get replies
from the"know it alls" like Joel M. Eichen, who just give one liners that
tend to ridicule the poster. I actually thought this was going to be a
newsgroup of professionals, passing on their gems of ...

So I've been an associate dentist since I graduated. Time has come to think
about buying my own practice. I'm torn between the city and small town.
Advantages to the city are: I am more anonymous (I can have a nice car/house
and noone cares), all the perks to city-life (movie ...

So I've been an associate dentist since I graduated. Time has come to think
about buying my own practice. I'm torn between the city and small town.
Advantages to the city are: I am more anonymous (I can have a nice car/house
and noone cares), all the perks to city-life (movie ...

I've always had a hard time flossing over the years, and in the past
it has deterred me from flossing regularly.  My teeth always shred the
floss and the floss always gets stuck and is also hard to get in
between some of my teeth.  I'm 32 years old.  Maybe I should get

I was interested in using this product to help with sensitive teeth, but I read
in another newsgroup that it supposedly had adverse effects on fillings. Is
this true?  
Thanks in advance.

Never before have I felt insecure about my teeth. But a few people
have made some pointed remarks, and now I want to have my teeth move.
It's a case of moderate upper crowding. The only problem is that I had
number 7 replaced by an implant. Would it be possible to still move

COMMENTS"?
Joel
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Posted on Fri, Sep. 10, 2004

From Chemical & Engineering News August 16,  2004
Volume 82, Number 33
pp. 35-36  
 IS FLUORIDE REALLY ALL THAT SAFE?

hi can anyone tell me the best dental school in canada which offers a
program in dental hygiene thank you

Has anyone else seen the research on this?  Apparently pack of amalgam into
deep perio pockets can help reverse the bone loss and attachment loss
involved with periodontal disease.  I can't remember where I saw the
article.  Can someone post the link?

I have a tooth thats been cut to gum level it was very painful on friday
so went to the dentist who said I had a bit of a infection in it.The
last twice I had work done to it they frooze the gum (it had a bit of a
infection the last time) this time it was a different dentist and ...

What is the procedure to perform a root canal?
I am in the process of 1 now, its 4 visits, 1st to remove root, 2nd to do In
dont now what, 3 for impressions and 4 to attach crown.
2nd visits of 2.5 hours in the chair.  It hurt (that was yesterday) and