Jane Brody on Tuesday had an article in NY Times on why dental
implants are better than bridges.
I wrote a letter to Jane.
Dear Jane,

Dental patients ask, "How am I going to pay for this?" Any resources
can dentists let them know about where patients haven't their own...

What other groups are there?... alternatives to sci.med dentistry

during a routine checkup, my dentist found and filled a cavity in
the last molar under the gum. there were no symptoms
other than the exam.
after the novacaine wore

Obviously I appreciate that it is very hard to offer any kind of
guidance over the internet, so I shall try and ask purely for
hypothetical possibilities.  My brief history:
2 years ago I had an abscess in my upper-right 2nd premolar.  My

Recently had my 6 monthly check up.  The dentist went around my teeth and
called out numbers to the dental nurse (who was recording them in what I
guess was my notes), as if gauging something, e.g. 1, 2, 1, 2.... etc.
Can someone please explain what they were referring to?

About a year ago I had a root canal re-treatment performed on molar
#3. The original root canal work was done about 8 or 9 years ago. The
re-treatment involved redoing 3 root canals that were infected at the
top, and also performing a root canal on a missed 4th root on the same

Hello everyone. I had neurosurgery last year and suddenly found that
my Philips Flexcare electric toothbrush felt very irritating to where
the surgery was performed. I would like to get the efficacy of an
electric toothbrush like that, but with absolute minimum vibration. i

VERY severely edited. And some snarky
comments dropped in for good measure.
Read full article at link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091024/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_swine_flu

Hypothetical question:  If a dental hygienist gets an off-duty whiff
(literally)
of periodontal disease, is it unethical to mention strong suspicion of
that disease to the source of the odor?  My hygienist says that

since I tried using Lumineers, I keep having problems.
some chipped in different ways, but the main problem is that he
lutting process seems not reliable in my hands.
I use all the genuine  denmat products, follow exactly the guidlines

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