I am still healing from bone graft and extraction of 11, 3 weeks ago
so no rush to wear the flipper but I need advice. I have the hard
acrylic and it goes around from tooth 13 (14 missing) to tooth 3 (2
and 1 are gone). I don't mind the wires showing but I really can't

I have seen two dentists over the last two years. After changing dentists
I went back to the first who was disappointed in the "care" I had
received from the "other guy" as he called him.
Q. is how can i get the "other guy" to pay for the corrections. He admits

I saw  my patient of 21 years this week and he wanted me to sign my
book.  He was going to give it to his wife.  He and his wife have
"periodontal" disease.  His wife can to see me in 1991 for a consult,
and she decided to  be treated by a periodontist and not be me.  He

I had tooth 11 removed 3 weeks ago and got the flipper a week later.
My gum is still sore with bone graft material still shedding so my
oral surgeon told me I should wait until it heals. I saw him today and
he shaved the top of the tooth on the flipper which was way to pointy

and everyone else who has been so kind to me. I always think, how can
I repay you for the time you have taken to help me with questions over
the years. On a message board, what could I give back? Well, someone
just sent me a fwd, which is the last thing you probably want...but

EXCELLENT letter to the editor by Thomas J. Pallasch, DDS,MS.   page
16
"The contention that 20 years of literature support for the concept
that periodontal disease has adverse effects on distant tissues and so

How do you even begin to evaluate an oral surgeon for this? I'm trying
to get a second opinion, but overwhelmed as to who to pick. Does
anybody have experience with the OMS' from UTHSCSA? Does anybody have
experience with UTHSCSA? Good / bad outcomes?

I'm a 23 yr old female and I removed my 4 wisdom teeth this weekend. I
am exactly on my 4th day. Everything went well, bleeding went away,
barely any pain, little swelling at first..However a couple of days
ago I developed a ball like, firm lump on my right cheek. My left

One of my upper medial incisors has had 3 or 4 endontic procedures on
it, including an apicoectomy (following a large fistula), and has been
crowned for 26 years.  The tooth has not been vital for 34 years.
Like an idiot, I was ripping a tough pummelo membrane with my teeth,

I had tooth #2 extracted 4 weeks ago and had the follow up a week
later. It was a little lumpy looking but now it looks fine except for
one thing, the hole is redder than the rest of the gum which is normal
color. I had another extraction 2 weeks later and that oral surgeon

I need help with information about geting an x-ray done. I have
permanent dentures on for quite sometime now. I need to do a chest x-
ray for some purpose. I need to know can i take x-rays with my
permanent dentures on.?, I am aware that , CT scans or MRI scans

FDA issues precautionary note on silver fillings
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer 1 hour, 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON - Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government
for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for

I'm 25 and I want to get veneers on my upper 6 front teeth (thats all
I can afford now...) - My teeth are pretty crooked and I'm also
missing the 2nd front tooth (the 3rd grew into its placed..) - is that
going to be a problem for veneers because the 3rd tooth is much

I have a missing filling in my upper right canine in the back, toward
the back, near the gumline.  I also have a slight chip in the rear
back inside of the tooth in front of it as well.
This week, I started to feel what feels like muscle ache along my

I have a missing that was pulled in my upper jaw about two months ago.
Yesterday I got from my dentist an estimate for a bridge. The forward
abutment is a tooth that has fillings and will have to be prepared.
The rear tooth is a capped toot canal tooth that has some infection so