Hi..I'm having constant (daily, but moderate) gum pain that I believe is
coming from a permanent crown on #14 (done 4 months ago).  (15 and 16
were also crowned to fix bad CERECs at about the same time).
The crown appears much larger than my other teeth, and I'm wondering if

I want to report something. I had an everyday occuring bleeding gums
(longer then 2 months or so). My dentist reported that it was due to
inflammation and that I had to floss my teeth better. He also reported
that my gums had receded and would not grow back. I read that this

Is there any investigation on the life time of teeth? Is it possible
to have a 80-year
-old still with his own teeth?

a.
What professionals doing in the areas of
improving customers services at dental practices and
improving customers services at dental schools' clinics?...

A friend had some extractions 2-1/2 months ago and is still having pain (nerve
pain?) for which she is taking pain medication.  In my opinion the pain should
not last that long.  What could be causing it?
Ora

Ok, I know that it happens, or at least now I do.  I went to the
dentist to have a root canal performed.  The procedure went fine until
they took an x-ray at the end (before filling it)  and found that part
of the file had broken off.  I was then told to go to a specialist

My dentist polish my teeth in every cleanup (six month). Does it cause
a lot of
enamel loss ?  Because the stains disappeared after every polishing.

Hi, all:
My dentist said I front teeth is too long and cut off some enamel to
make them
shorter for better looking.

Everything I've read about root canals says that the entire root is
removed and replaced with gutta percha. But I would naively think that
if only the upper portion of the root is infected, or there is no
infection at all but only pain, that just the upper portion of the

I see some old friends' posts here and just wanted to wish you all a
Happy New Year.  
Each of you remind me of certain places, ideas and things.  I wish we
could find a way to make the newsgroup more "inclusive" of times gone

Hi, Doctors:
My dentist drilled a small portion of cutting surface on
my upper front teeth to make them flat, but did not polish them after
drilling. After that, I felt the cutting surface was kind of rough,

I'm in a lot of pain after my implant surgery/sinus lift today.
The dentist gave me 600mg of ibuprofen, but I have tylenol+codeine at
home.
I took a tylenol+codeine a few hours after the ibuprofen, but my

I had implants put in on #3 and #4 today, and they had to scrape some
bone from my jaw and do a sinus lift (where they placed the bone).
Hurt like hell afterwards.
My question is, Why does my throat hurt?

I had a wisdom tooth extracted 10 days ago and the pain in that area
has ceased but I have pain on another tooth in the lower jaw, one
close to the front. I also have big sensitivity on cold water and
sometimes air, as it pains when I breathe.