10/25/05
    I would like to document my experience at the dental office managed by
Dr. Dennis Tarnow, currently at 150 East 58th. St., NYC.  I went to Dr.
Tarnow for implant surgery because I was told that, as a researcher and

Between one of my teeth near the top front these is a hardish spot
between the gums and when I floss I can feel the hard skin and it bleeds.
If I don't floss it is not irritated at all. Is there a name for this
piece of skin? Thank you.

10 days ago I've been to a dental hygienist I've never met before.
Although I'm pretty tough when it comes to cleanings, this one was
extremely painful. I was bleeding afterwards for 2 days every time I
brushed my teeth (never happened to me before!)

I've been googling to no avail attempting to find exactly what the
dental internship regulations are for the state of North Carolina.
Neither the ADA nor the North Carolina Society of Dentistry provide any
obvious information or links.

Capsicum is the substance in chile peppers that produces the heat. It
has preservative qualities for food because it is an antibacterial
agent.
Is there any way that ingesting capsicum can reduce or eliminate tooth

Is it possible for nasal irrigation to stop a toothache?
I am talking about forced irrigation of the sinus cavities with a
water pic pump and a normal saline solution (1 tsp salt to 1 pint
water). The water reaches all sinus cavities and is held for about 1

Mercury effects linger, lawyer saysA 5-year-old who attended the Kiddi
Kollege day care is reportedly experiencing seizures. A new round o
tests found elevated levels in at least a dozen children.
By Jan Hefler

near bat yam or holon , someone who's a good orthodontist .

I went to a dentist's office amd asked for a complete evaluation and
treatment plan with costs.  He took x-rays, pictures, performed a
periodontal examination and even took an impression.  I went back next
week to the office and was told the the total would come to about

I finally received my overdenture for my lower implants. The
fit is bad. Even the restorative dentist said so. But, he proceded
to grind my upper teeth to make the bite fit. Seems a bit odd to
me to pay so much for the bar and overdenture and have the make

I have a wisdon tooth that is half in and half out.  So there is a
little pocket that food gets into and the gum area becomes infected
twice a year on average.  Lately, the infections flare up when I get
bad colds.  Anyway, I went to an oral surgeon who said they can extract

Is there any special name for any kind of teeth relative to their
positions in the mouth that dentists use ?Whenever I go to meet my
dentist for quarterly checkup and have him polish my teeth, he always
counts and records something from each tooth into a piece of paper.

I would like to get some feedback from the group on something that I am
working on to reduce anxiety in the dental chair.
Have you ever wanted to communicate with your dentist with something
other than the universal 'stop' hand signal? If yes, please follow the

Can you tell me what the name of this conference that will be held in
Feb 2007 is called?
Its supposed to be the largest dental conference in the world.

For a slightly numb one side of tongue after wisdom
tooth surgery, what kind of treatment would you
recommend.
- any medication