Hello - I have three tooth caps that are, I am fairly sure, porcelain.
They were inserted after a nightclub bouncer assaulted me. But I
cannot remember what attaches the caps to the rest of the tooth. The
caps were added in 1995 and I am fairly sure that the dentist

One of my patient who live now in the USA (Seattle) get some problems
with two of her crowns.
The dentist she consulted proposed her to change her crowns giving her
two references for those acts :

Cavitation surgery? !?
Posted:  10/22/2004 5:31:05 AM      
In the last couple of years I've had two pts tell me a dentist in
another state diagnosed them with bone "cavitation lesions" and wanted

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I just got an Oral-B electric toothbrush and started to read on
the Internet about how to brush using it. (The manual also has info
but I wanted further edification.)
In my search I came accross issues of overbrushing which I think

This link was just posted over at rec.bicycles.racing.  It speaks for
itself.
http://tinyurl.com/6smfb
Steve

A case report cited an incident wherein four adults were acutely exposed to
mercury vapor resulting from the smelting of dental amalgams (Taueg et al.
1991). Initial signs of toxicity included nausea, diarrhea, dyspnea, and chest
pains. Despite chelation therapy, all four patients ...

I've run into this situation at UCLA dental school. I had copies of
fairly recent x-rays but they felt only originals were diagnostic. The
originals were a tad lighter.

Is it possible for someone to rot out their teeth between one 6-month check up
and the next if the teeth were in good condition at the first one?
(Not planning on it, just curious)

I am getting a 6 tooth crown replaced (originally injured in a motorcycle
accident).  The periodontist recommends that I get a deep cleaning.  I have
not been to the dentist in a long time so I am going along with that
recommendation.  He is also recommending oral surgery where ...

My wife is one day removed from a dental appointment where a tooth was
drilled and air was shot into the opening and traveled up the side of
her face to the ear. It has caused discomfort and swelling that has
eased somewhatin 24 hrs.

Any reason to use Peridex or is it ok to use Listerine?

Well, since this is the first post, I think it's necessary for me to
post information from the past, so here's all that I can say.  This blog
will be dedicated to me telling you guys about how my lack of dental
hygeine has led to a bad case of depression, lack of confidence, and

My dentist wants to replace all my old fillings. He says they are "leaking".
Wouldn't I either feel something or  taste something if they were? I asked if
he wanted to replace the amalgam with composite? He said that he would if he
could, but some may be too deep for that and would ...