After you have a crown is it normal for the gums to swell up and 'reshape'
aroudn the new tooth/crown?
Mine have sort of formed in the gap between the new crown and old tooth (i
am on my temp crown tho)

What other dental schools are there in the Manhattan area?...
besides
http://www.nyu.edu/dental/patientinfo/index.html
http://www.nyu.edu/dental/

I need a root canal and gold crown on top of that
according to my dentist
total cost will be abt $1500
Insurance should pay abt $500 leaving me to pay abt

I recently have been offered a GPR position at a prestigious
university hospital. But its big name comes at the price of having a
lot of dental specialists in that hospital.
As a result, I would then have to refer out patients requiring ortho,

I went to another dentist and his opinion was that I should be using a night
guard.  He was okay with my trying an OTC night guard first to see if I'm
comfortable with it.   I tried a "boil and bite" style OTC night guard and
it works, but I'm not thrilled with it since it's ...

After discovering from an honest orthodontist that my 12 year old
daughter was at least 1 year away from starting braces (she still had 10
primary teeth; she didn't get her first tooth until 19 months), I
decided to correct a mild drifting problem in my upper incisors

My wife who is completing her dental studies will be joining me in NY.
I believe any one can take a National Board Exam. Can some one please
help me in understanding what is the procedure after passing the
exams? Can she start her residency program here in USA after she

Well, it's time for that 2nd opinion.  My appointment is for tomorrow
afternoon.  I'm just wondering if any of you have any suggestions for
the kinds of things I should ask.  I have a list of questions to ask.
I want to start out well with him.  I want to know your reactions to

Had an impression for a denture last week and again another today. My
dentist also the wax fitting and made adjustments to that.
Only just dawned on me to ask why a second impression

by Jane Smiley
A very dark comedy about what happens
when people don't communicate...
The Secret Lives of Dentists, DVD

Wow!  I really like this dentist.  He is warm and friendly, has a good
sense of humor, and has prices that are less than half of the last
dentist I saw!!  He spent an hour and 1/2 with me and only charged me
$25.  The first thing I told him was that I was really scared of

Howdy all. I posted earlier, about being a phobic (and diabetic and
possibly having cancer).  Well, it doesn't look like I have cancer, but
my white cells are still too high, so I get one more chance to 'pass'
the CBC, and then I get a bone marrow biopsy--basically to rule out

I'm a Uk citizen over here in USA doing some travelling etc..
Basically I have a lower molar with a relatively large ceramic / white
filling and I can feel that it has become loose.
Before I started my trip I did have a dental check up and had this

Am looking at an ad for these materials.
Anyone tried them yet ?

My teeth enamel on a lot of my teeth had started to wear in the mid 80s.  So
far my dentist opted to deal with this a lot of bonding in the mid 90s which
has mostly held up.  There is some debate as to the cause of the enamel
wear.  Some thought it might be acid reflux or all the ...