My tooth number 30 has had a filling in it since I was 12 years old.  The
inside of the tooth broke & the filling fell out.  The endontist said the
was too much decay for a root canal.   Suggested I have it extracted.   I
have never had a tooth pulled in my life & scared to death.  ...

Stick with being a mom.

Does anyone know the name or names of oral cancer screening liquids? Thanks.

Good morning,
I'm a 31 year old woman. From an engineering standpoint, my mouth isn't
ideal. I have an open anterior bite so the pressure in my back teeth is
like the bite of a crocodile while my front teeth have been so

I was reading a great article on page 50 (April 2005) about dental
PMS ~ practice management software, thinking, "Oh I got to send
this to Steve Mancuso." That is until I got to page 51.
On page 51 it listed,

After her rescue, 75-year-old celebrates with Coke and a cigarette
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:55 p.m. ET April 18, 2005
HAMPTON, Va. - A 75-year-old woman who lay trapped in her bathtub for

Around 1993, a periodontist in Rhode Island removed my canine #11 and
simultaneously gave me an osseous bone graft. The bone graft didn't take
but a few weeks later he proceeded with his plan to install an implant.
There was not enough time to stay for it to heal completely, since I ...

36 year old male here. I am thinking of getting Invisalign to fix a
couple of crooked teeth and an overbite. The overbite may or may not be
possible  with Invisalign, from what I've read.
I've studied up on Invisalign, and one lecture I found on the web

I had ceramic onlays placed on one upper and two lower teeth two weeks
ago. Now, today for the first time, I am feeling pain -- can't identify
it exactly except to say somewhat sensitive to pressure and heat. Feels
uncomfortable. Is this normal? Could it be infection? (I had

My crown of three years came out today, and it had a perfectly LONG
steel post in it. Obviously this tooth has a root canal. What can I
expect to be done? Is my root canal in jeopardy it would seem so.
Obviously I need a new crown. This is the second bad one for this tooth

SEATTLE - Seattle police have launched an investigation to determine how
a patient undergoing emergency heart surgery caught on fire at a local
hospital in 2003.
The male patient, who was not identified, went up in flames after

http://cavitatmedtech.homestead.com/CavitatUSA1.html

I'm wondering what The Medkb dental constituency's take on Dr. Christensen
is?
I have enjoyed the CRA newsletter for decades.  It's an invaluable source
of info you can't get in many places: which gloves have the best taste,

I'm having a periodontist place 6 implants in my lower jaw.
Once these have healed and been uncovered,he said he will refer
me back to my general dentist for the bar attachment and prosthetics.
Is it normal/routine for the general dentist to