The incident occurred three days ago. I was trimming a saliva-infected
temporary crown ( previously in the mouth of a patient )with my
handpiece burrs, which eventually contacted my left glove, tore the
glove, and made an indentation on the tip of my left index finger.

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11/15/2007: In the wake of allegations that financial donations influenced admissions decisions to an elite residency program, the UCLA School of Dentistry on Wednesday released details of new rules that are supposed to eliminate even the ...

I have been chewing tobaco for about 1.5 months now,,,and its pretty good. I
really truly beleive that I', not addicted to it...but I'am wondering how
long do you have to chew to get oral cancer OR any other un-healthy signs?

I had a root canal done on #30.  It doesnt have lot of tooth
structure.  Dentist wants to do a crown with post and core.  When I
asked about an onlay he said he could do a cerec onlay for about the
same price.  I am trying to decide to go with a gold crown or the

I have the opposite problem of many people. My dentist is telling me NOT to
get a root canal just yet.
I got a deep cavity filled in a lower molar, had a partial crown put on and
now get occasional throbbing discomfort (not yet pain). He said that the

I visit my grandpa every year and every year he asks us to save up our
teeth. we spend holidas with him,in 2000 it was holloween he used all
our teeth for the pumpkin!!!!!!!

hi im dangleperea53 and im11. Im always on the move and my neak is
always hurting and to make it worst when I get home my mom makes me
wash the dishes, clean the bathrooms,clean my room,and clean the
living room.oh I also have to watch my one year old nease.before I go

I recently had an RCT in #18 tooth - 3 days ago that has a temporary
filling. I have an appt Nov 19th for a crown.
I still have some discomfort when chewing. Same discomfort when I use
my sonicare toothbrush, so it's not a bite only thing. I thought it

Hi, and a preemptive thanks for taking a look and responding...
Some context:
I had a large cavity at the back of my molar (had been right in front
of the wisdom tooth). I went to a dentist I don't normally go to and

..Seems this week my teeth have decided to stage their revolt.
Last April I had a large filling in #19 replaced, with another large
amalgam. Since then it has been extremely temperature sensitive, to
both hot and cold, has been throbbing, and is progressively getting

Hi folks. I'll start a new thread for this because I didn't give
enough information previously. I did get a second opinion from my
father in law - the retired dentist and he is thinking that the
dentist that did the work was not experienced enough in composite

Colleagues:
    You may recall that the recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis were
considerably curtailed in scope of the indications that require it in
the last revision of the guidelines issued in April.

It seems that my first post has not appeared.   and being important, will
repeat it.
Has Newbie deserted the group.    Hope all is well.
Gail

Almost out of the blue, tooth #24 is hurting. This tooth has never
been worked on, hasn't ever given me problem, and as of last checkup
in the spring, has no known decay. But all of a sudden it is extremely
sensitive to cold and somewhat to hot, mostly right at the gumline.

Was wondering what professionals out there thought of the various ideas on
this page (from an admitted non-professional):
http://www.paradisenow.net/healing.html