Our dentist put dental sealants on my 6-year-old son's permanant molars
last year.  At his checkup yesterday, the hygenist told me that they
had come off an need to be reapplied.  Is this normal for sealants?  I
thought they lasted longer ...

Joel
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 Heard on Paul Harvey News the other day about meth mouth: "makes your
teeth look like a picket fence," and the prisons (which are filled with
meth users) are using up a disproportionate amount of their budgeted
health care funds just on that (your tax dollars at work).

I have a very difficult restorative case and I need to find just the
right dentist to handle it.
The qualities I'm seeking are:
--holistic--takes into consideration the effect of materials and

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    My name is Robert B. Amidon.  I am a lawyer in California and I
represent Richard H. Baldwin, DMD in a lawsuit he filed against Peter

Steve Fawks mentioned that Fissurotomy
is the poor man's air abrasion. YUP, probably so.
But the fissurotomy does not get sand all over
the operatory floor either!

help!  i need vertical dimension in order to gain a proper bite. am 54.
problem is...12 old existing crowns and some lost tooth structure due
to reflux.  to date: 3 prosodontists, one bailed out for full mouth,
the other insists on orthodontics first and the other i didn't feel

I had dental implant surgery on Wednesday (one implant, lower jaw). The
surgery itself was a breeze due to the local anesthetic and the day after
the surgery I was in some pain, but ok. Now, two days later, the pain is
pretty severe and I have to take strong painkillers (Voltaren ...

I am a life long clencher and just heard about the NTI-TSS device and was
wondering about long term effects? Does it cause front teef to move or the
hurt. Is the device hard and brittle or soft. I used to wear braces on my
teefesess when younger and dont want something to damage ...

I had a root canal done over the new year over about 5 sessions. The
dentist used hand files. He sealed the root and then asked his
assistant to re-XRay the tooth because the end of the root was not
showing on the prior xray. The new xray revealed that the nerve was

Just informed that my front tooth (next to large front tooth) has a
crack...dentist advised I have a dental implant.  I do NOT want
anything that invasive.
Any ideas on treatment/procedure?  Can the "tooth" (peg) have a

hey guys
I just got into Ohio State Dental School and I'm just wondering if I
could get your opinion about getting regular finacial aid or joining the
Navy prog to finance my dental education..

My grandaughter has geographic tongue (diagnosed by both a pediatrician
and a dentist).
Although I have read that many people do not have pain with this, it
appears that many others do, and I have reason to believe that my

If not, I hope this is the most appropriate group to post this to.  I am looking for people that have had experience with a possible
remedy for bruxism using taste aversion.  A retainer like device is worn with a bag of foul tasting liquid over each molar. With the
first instance ...