Bit of history about Aloha Rich. All readers can judge for themselves.
Check out the about my parents part. He tried to use my ill parents to belittle
me and thiscontinued even AFTER my father's death.
Jan

I had surgery two weeks ago to remove pockets in two areas, upper and
lower.  The lower came out really well (almost all these teeth have
crowns)  I have no visible margins of the crowns on the lower jaw, but
one crown towards the front of the upper is awful!  All I see is the

Some time ago I had a pain from cold in the lower right side of my
mouth, then for some reason it went away. During my dental visit
dentist checked, took x-ray and said that small part of my wisdom
tooth near the filling is broken and tooth has a big cavity. Currently

What do you think (acceptable or not from the moral/hygienic point of
view) about the following moments I observed in a recent visit to a
new dental office?
Dentist picks up and talks on the phone at the same time while doing

Hi all, can anyone advise?
I have had ginivitus for a while now, most of the time my gums bleed a
bit when I clean my teeth but sometimes my gums bleed spontaneously
and there is a bit of blood in my mouth, which I usually swallow. I

I was talking to an old friend who claims his son, who is just a GP
dentist, makes $500,000 yr, and is practicing in the South, to boot.
I nearly fell off my chair---Is it possible for a GP dentist to make
half a mil a year, in the South where dental prices are lower than in

Has anyone here every referred patients for any of the above?
What for & was it helpful?
All input welcome

This website referred by T of  this newsgroup is so informative that it should
almost be required reading for the average person interested in the
complexities of the possibilities of oral Disease.
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic887.htm

I had a temporary filling put in two days ago. My dentist told me that
the cavity was very deep, exposing the nerve, and put a temporary
filling for four months until he could put in a permanent one.
My question is: is it normal for it to be paining and throbbing after

Been seeing and am attracted to an unmarried dentist for the last
few years, and I sense the attraction is mutual..  Are there any
preferred methods for getting beyond the usual professional
doctor-patient relationship, without making things awkward?

Thanks for the responses!  Just to clarify, my teeth and gums are
healthy but my bottom teeth are very crowded and getting more so.  My
big front teeth are chipped, I think from banging the bottom teeth.
And I snore!  With my small oral cavity and fibromyalgia, I can't do

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:42:54 -0800, "Michael" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

Is this where we want to be in 20 years?
http://tinyurl.com/4chbq

My daughter is 33 months old. I am concerned that we may have been
causing her to have fluorosis in the future. For well over a year, we
have used toothpaste with fluoride. She swallowed the paste every
time, and we brushed twice a day. We did use a pea size amount, but