Dental - May 2007

Please help...I have TMJ and my jaw locks frequently. I can usually get it to unlock by pushing on my lower jaw. However, I have not been able to get my jaw to unlock for over a week and I am sore. What can I do??/

2007-05-02 08:38:17 · 7 answers · asked by Andrea M 2

Hey guys,I have to get a full set of braces TOMORROW!I'm so scared,plus...this is my first time EVER!Hepl,please...how do I calm down?

2007-05-02 08:10:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

In other words, the clear braces...my brother says only adults can. But I have to get them and if I cannot get the clear kind I am going to smash a window because I have to look good!! Someone, help?

2007-05-02 07:32:51 · 3 answers · asked by XoPrincessXo 3

Is there a tooth glue?

2007-05-02 06:04:54 · 13 answers · asked by oo54costello 1

I had tooth number 10 done on my front tooth and the color doesn't match I think it looks to white and my other teeth next to it doesn't match they are more like a grey color and the stupid dentist used a metal post to hold the crown and now i can see black stuff because of the post near my gums. Why would a dentist use a metal post for a anterior tooth. Is this a bad dentist

2007-05-02 04:01:58 · 9 answers · asked by Chanel 2

2007-05-02 02:26:03 · 2 answers · asked by lovebug 2

i am getting my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow at 745 am and the instructions are that i cannot have anything to eat or drink 8 hours before, however is it okay to brush my teeth and swallow maybe a tiny bit of water accidentely or will that tiny bit of water affect me?

2007-05-01 19:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-01 19:04:29 · 12 answers · asked by REBA 1

I've tried meditation, I've tried self-hypnosis. I'm not a particularly stressed person, but I can't stop grinding my teeth.

2007-05-01 18:59:52 · 8 answers · asked by jemmatrueblue 1

2007-05-01 18:19:49 · 2 answers · asked by LittleMissSunshine 3

8 years ago I had my wisdom teeth removed, 2 by pulling and 2 by being cut in half, ever since then it seems the numbing never takes 100% for simple procedures like a filling. Today I had 3 teeth pulled and I could feel some pain basically on the gums when they were using the tools to get the tooth extracted. The tooth itself didnt hurt just the surrounding tissue (gums) as they were poking and prodding. It wasnt so painful to make me want to cry but it was uncomfortable. From 1 to 10 I would say 4. Is this normal or do I have some type of nerve damage or what?

2007-05-01 18:18:46 · 2 answers · asked by luvnuttydog 3

My daughter has a dentist appt. next week. We just found out that she is allergic to novacaine. She will need some work done fairly soon and was wondering what other alternative the dentist has to numb the area up?

2007-05-01 17:46:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

everyday at work (at a coffee shop), i get little shocks in my front teeth when i drink warm water. it doesn't really pain, but i would like to know why it happens? i drink warm water and i have coffee which is warm too, so its not a temperature change. what is it?

2007-05-01 17:05:13 · 2 answers · asked by a 1

I am scheduled to have my braces removed in about 6 weeks. My brackets are clear, glass-type of brackets (ceramics?). Last time that they removed a few brackets to reposition them, it hurt greatly. I felt as if my teeth were going to come out right with my brackets! And the scrapping of the 'glue' hurt almost as bad. Is there any special trick that my orthodontist can do, or some kind of spray, or a 'glue softener/melting' product? I remember that the nurse 'solidified' the glue with a blue light. Thanks!

2007-05-01 17:01:19 · 2 answers · asked by Nancy D 1

yeah, i'm pretty skeptical about it but, my friends dentist told her that if she smiled or showed her teeth in the tanning bed that it would whiten her teeth-since the ultraviolet light is the same that the dentists use for teeth whitening. i asked her one day if she was whitening her teeth and she said no and told me what her dentist said (they did look a little whiter). so, as i asked before, can the bulbs in a tanning bed whiten your teeth?

2007-05-01 16:42:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been wanting to be a dentist for as long as I can remember. Before taking the just jumping in I worked as a D.A to see if I liked the work which I did. However somewhere I fell in to the world of design and fashion and have also been working for a BA in marketing. But now the dental bug is calling me back and I know I want to go in to dental school and eventually be an OS. I am just worried though that my all my hard work towards a BA in Marketing is going to go to waste and I have to go back and get a BS in science. Should I worry, or is the fact I have worked in the industry going to help. I also have the reasoning that they do not teach business in dental school. What do you all think?

2007-05-01 16:28:09 · 5 answers · asked by Regina C 1

whenever i brush my teeth, my gums are bleeding, sometimes if i eat fruits like bananas, i see a little blood on it when i take a bite. what does this mean?

2007-05-01 16:24:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

why does it tell you on the tube/bottle not to swallow it?

2007-05-01 16:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

give me the good explanation on this pls

2007-05-01 15:54:26 · 5 answers · asked by Roy 1

Underneath my tongue, there is what seems to appear to be a big lump growing next to it. For the past 2 days, it has been hurting my mouth and eating has been a hassle. In my 20s, if an age group is necessary.

2007-05-01 15:39:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My cap fell off my tooth.It is one of my front teeth.Will the dentist just put it back on or pull it?I don't want to go out in public with it missing.

2007-05-01 15:12:52 · 7 answers · asked by gerdie65 5

1. what colors look best?

2.how do they change the wires?

3. how long do they hurt when they change the wire?

(last) 4. give me certain web sites to look at about that!

Thanx, please answer all of them!

Thanx again,
Aj!

2007-05-01 10:47:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am having all of my upper teeth removed and implants placed in 2 weeks. They will be giving me Halcion along with other strong pain medications and I have taken most of the medications, but never Halcion. I was just wondering what any of you may have felt like or the effects of the drug since it is new to me.

If anyone has had this proceedure done, I would love to chat with you too!!

Thanks so much for any and All information you can give me! Not everything we need to know is really written in a medical journal or RX book!

2007-05-01 10:26:26 · 2 answers · asked by allicat 1

2007-05-01 08:24:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Need my teeth pulled and set of dentures but at 55 I am on fixed income where do I go for help? I am on disability in Dallas Tx.

2007-05-01 08:07:48 · 3 answers · asked by heartache53 2

I have been told that I sometimes grind my teeth bad in the night when sleeping, and have done so since i was a kid (im 28 now). I don't remember or hear it, but lately in the morning my jaw is sore and tight feeling. I tried before to use a guard i bought at the store, but it hurt my jaw, and I couldn't sleep with it in. I don't have dental coverage, is there anything else I could do without going to the dentist?

2007-05-01 08:00:53 · 11 answers · asked by happy_n_freeone 3

2007-05-01 07:40:06 · 9 answers · asked by Deltaphide 2

What does ugly teeth look like and what does nice teeth look like

2007-05-01 06:45:08 · 8 answers · asked by Vienna Fingers 1

I haven't worn my retainer except occasionally over the last 6 months. There has been some relapse, but my teeth still look okay. I don't like wearing the retainer. It is uncomfortable and hard to talk with it in. The Orthodontist wants me to get a new one and wear it all the time. Mom will only pay for it if I commit to wearing it.

My question is, how bad might the relapse be if I don't wear my retainers?

2007-05-01 06:03:12 · 10 answers · asked by Runs with Scissors 2

2007-05-01 04:56:25 · 14 answers · asked by **** 1