Just joined the group and just want to get some second opinions out
in cyberspace.  I am a 30 year old male who just completed full mouth
periondontal work (rooting/scaling, bone graft, emdogain... the whole
deal...) .  The perodontist suggested me to see an orthodontist for

My daughter had a small cavity on both side of lower back teeth. I took
her to a dental office. There were 2 dentist in the office. The first
dentist clean her cavities and put composite resin fillings on both
teeth. But just in few months ( 2 or 3 ), we found cracks between the

Hey, i had a big dental injury and now i have a crown with a post on
one front tooth, a titanium implant on the other front tooth, and a
crown on the adjacent tooth to that. Ive been reading about
electroacupuncture and how these metals can affect my health in

In a couple of weeks I have to have root canal treatment for a crown
(pre?molar).  I have several other fillings and they are all white as
I want to avoid amagum. My (new) dentsist just happened to mention
that the treatment I am shortly to have involves amalgum and I said I

My dentist has recomended that I have all my dental sealants removed (
I have about a dozen).
My teeth are in good order with no sign of decay. However , she feels
that the sealants , which were put on by my previous dentist, are a bad

Can anyone here help?
I recently had new crowns put on #14 and #16 (#15 was done a few months
previously), and am having HORRIBLE bite problems that my family dentist
has (so far) been unable to correct - even after 5 or so adjustment visits.

Is it possible for the removal of a wisdom tooth to cause damage to the
adjacent tooth?  Both right were removed a little over a week ago and I
have been having pain in my 2nd UR molar ever since.  At first I
attributed it to the fact that I had just had surgery (logical), then I

i have been having trouble with a tooth (i think) for 3 months.
the reason for my doubt is that the dentist having looked at an xray
says there is no infection, (there is an old filling there ). she says
that the pain is due to its being a lone standing tooth.

I'm scheduled for extraction of my fractured lower right wisdom tooth
tomorrow (#17 I believe).  He hasn't seen it yet so I'm going early for
x-rays etc. and I really hope it's not too infected or anything that
would prevent extraction tomorrow (pain is killing me).

A few years ago, I had pocket surgery on the buccal side of #15.  It's
located  right in the middle of the tooth, not between the teeth.  The
pocket was 9mm and after the surgery, it was reduced to 5mm, which is
what it is currently.

I live in Brooklyn, am in bad pain, think I need root canal. I am 24
years old, and not working..so can't really afford much, but will work
something out. Shall I go to dentist, or specialist in root canal? Is
the charges higher with specialist?  Think it may be. Because of

My new dentist takes 18 x-rays every 5 years, then 7 x-rays annually.
I'm a 40 year old male and I've seen this dentist for two years now.
Since utilizing his services, I've had to get 6 fillings, some so minor
the drilling lasted 30 seconds or less without any anesthesia at all.

When I went to the dentist and the hygienist did an exam, she gave me a
bottle of Colgate Prevident 5000.  This is a prescription toothpaste.  Why
would a person need a prescription for toothpaste anyway?  It's very
expensive.  Anybody have opinions on how effective this stuff ...

I probably should have not gone to an orthodontist, but a few of my
teeth were misaligned and I wanted it fixed.  Nearly 2 years layer,
after plenty of horrors with invisalign and braces, they're in line
with the other upper teeth, but I realize I have to bring back my lower

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