Dental - July 2007

I just went to the dentist about 2 hours ago to get two fillings. I usually don't get the shots that numb my mouth but this time it was so painful i had to get 5. Is there anything i can do to make this feeling go away faster? I hate this feeling. .and the fact that I'm practically drooling on myself! ugh!

2007-07-02 10:57:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

asked the dentist she doesn't seem to think they are anything to worry about. Wondering if anyone knows why we get them my son is healthy and not showing any other worrying symptoms eg tiredness or anything.

2007-07-02 10:56:52 · 26 answers · asked by Wide Awake 7

im trying to do research on whitening my teeth, ive tried strips, ionic white and nothing works. i want celebrety white teeth! not one shape darker! but, i dont know what doctor to go to. i want a professsional job, something upscale if possible i live in Orange County Ca, near L.A please please help me. thanks!

2007-07-02 10:46:24 · 3 answers · asked by ct_runs_it 2

i'm getting braces tomorrow & i want you to tell me all you know about them so i can know what to exspect.
~thanks~

2007-07-02 10:15:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anything else have an effect on the straightness of the new teeth of a child?

2007-07-02 10:07:27 · 6 answers · asked by jennjenn 1

2007-07-02 10:00:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mom never took me to the dentist because she has a big phobia of it and now the phobia's on me. i'm finally going to tomorrow and i'm kinda scared.. should i be scared or will it be alright? i need some encouragement and advice!

2007-07-02 08:54:16 · 16 answers · asked by guitar5 1

I got elbowed playing basketball and my tooth went through my mouth. The outside got stichted up, but inside is a large oppen wound, about an inch long. I don't want it to turn into a giant canker sore so I want any advice on how to keep it clean an speed up the healing process.

Right now I am rinsing with Peroxyl and sometimes saltwater. Is that good, any other advice for rinses or care please??

2007-07-02 08:03:49 · 23 answers · asked by rideglorypride 2

Okay so, I had an infection in my 2nd molar.

I went the first time and they removed some of the nerves, just to calm the tooth down and to prevent the constant pain I was in. Then I went back a week later and they took the rest out, and then last week they finally finished everything and prepared it for the crown...

It's been a week and a half or so since then, and now I suddenly have pain on the left side of the tooth when I touch it (it doesn't hurt otherwise, and it doesn't really hurt that bad to begin with, but there's definitely some sort of pain on the left side when I touch it, either when biting down or just touching it with a finger.)

Is this normal? I know that they said the tooth will be very sensitive and I should be careful with it (I didn't want the temp crown because the bite was off and it was bothering me so they just said not to eat on that side and i'll be fine..) Should I call and get it checked out anyways? or is it just because the tooth is sensitive?

2007-07-02 07:59:57 · 5 answers · asked by Exo 1

i'm 22 and my bottom left one is just starting to grown in .....it only hurts when u chew on that side and i froget about it being there so then after i chew on that side it will hurt for awhile....is there ne thing i can put on it to like numb it or stop the hurting?????

i do not have a dentist.......

2007-07-02 05:03:29 · 4 answers · asked by Poosocks 6

How many of you had teeth that came out 100% perfect?

2007-07-02 03:54:02 · 13 answers · asked by attiTUDE 3

2007-07-02 02:25:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm getting the Herbst & palatal expander in 2 weeks and I hear the Herbst hurts like crazyyyy. What should I expect? Should I stock up on soft foods?

2007-07-01 23:24:43 · 1 answers · asked by han 2

My two lower wisdom teeth have been coming in for quite some time. My left one is pretty much already in, and my right one comes in for a bit, then it stops. Then it coems back and stops. It gives me a sore throat along with it. The dentist said usually people have to have theirs out, but he said that my mouth is big enough to have them in, but they hurt like hell (they gorw one at a time)...Is this Normal? and do people have TOP wisdom teeth? Because my dentist asked me if he pulled them, and I said "no" and my ex ray was right there, so I'm guessing I don't have any top ones....

2007-07-01 22:41:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

can someone please help - i live in bromley kent and finding it difficult to find dentists who are willing to give my daughter braces on the NHS - can anyone suggest either a different way of getting assistance or a really good dentist in the bromley area.

2007-07-01 20:58:22 · 8 answers · asked by STEVE L 1

When you ask a dentist to pull a tooth, even when you are paying him in cold hard cash, they always try to find a way to convince you that you don't want to get that tooth pulled afterall, they can save it.

I think this is because the dentist's around the world have entered into a silent pact between them that for every tooth that is pulled from a patients mouth, is one less tooth that some dentist somewhere in the world can not work on, and if everyone got their way in having the dentist pull their tooth, dentists would go out of business.

I have had dentist's refuse to pull the tooth that I wanted pulled, even when I offered to pay them in cash and not use my dental insurance, they just hate to do this.
Does anyone out there in Yahoo Land know the reason why dentists do this?
Please do me the courtesy of enlightening me on this issue, cause I sure would like to know their reasons.

Thank you in advance!

2007-07-01 20:34:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've had this sore on the inside of my lower lip. I thought it was a canker sore at first, but it doesn't look like one and doesn't hurt at all. It's clear in color and looks like it's filled with a fluid... What could this be? I've been gargling with Crest ProHealth mouthwash the past couple days and it seems to be irratating it... I'm beginning to wonder if it's starting to leak whatever is inside it, because all day I've had this horribly bitter taste in my mouth. I've had it for over a week. It doesn't seem to be getting bigger. Should I see a doctor? It's just annoying.. I can feel it there...

2007-07-01 19:28:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 19:09:42 · 4 answers · asked by ginarose 4

My gums have been bleeding right around 2 of my teeth when i brush. Anyone know why and how to make it stop?

2007-07-01 16:12:04 · 20 answers · asked by Child Of Decadence 5

2007-07-01 15:00:46 · 5 answers · asked by Jazn 1

I have a dentist appointment scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, and I just fell ill with a pretty minor cold today. No coughing, but a pretty bad sore throat, runny nose, and earache. It is just a cleaning, but I am a new patient, and he is the only dentist I can see (and it took me a few months to get in). I wouldn't mind still going, myself, but is it a rude thing to do? Would the dentist want me to cancel? Should I go?

2007-07-01 14:35:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went about a week and a half ago to the dentist and got some cavities on the right side of my mouth filled. They were and still are very, VERY sensitive to sweets, hot, and cold food items. Even water.
I usually get a throbbing pain and sometimes it comes when I'm going to sleep even without eating sweet, cold or hot stuff.

I then got some cavities filled on the left side of my mouth two days ago and they don't hurt in the slightest. But the right side of my mouth still hurts...in particular two teeth, one on the top and one on the bottom.

I'm not asking how to solve the pain but rather the REASON for the pain...it hurts...

I told the dentist about the pain before I got the cavities on the left side fixed and he just said that I would have a painful reaction to those foods and ended it there.

I need to know why. I checked my teeth and I have no cracks or anything of the sort. My gums are fine.

2007-07-01 14:07:36 · 4 answers · asked by onesicpariah 1

any docs in the house or ppl help me. it is driving me nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-01 10:58:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 08:58:34 · 3 answers · asked by pbmangyan 1

i wear elastics at the moment and they suck, there so darn painful, and there giving me a clicky jaw on one side. im only wearing them at night because they hurt so darn much, its not really hurting pain, just annoying pain, i have lots of things to do, i dont need this pain, its distracting. they need to develop another way to do it rather than elastics. will wearing them only at night harm how long i have braces?

2007-07-01 05:19:34 · 5 answers · asked by as0314991 2

I am using oragel, and another mouthrinse withe lidocaine, for mouth sores due to chemo. I have been using these for a week. The oragel doesnt seem to numb as effectively as it did in the beginning. I am seeing a doctor Monday but, with all respect, an oncologist may not know everything about Oragel. Thats why I am asking.

2007-07-01 02:35:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im always nervous i get like that when im going to school at my friends house at the theaters i don't know why i feel like im going to throw up so i eat gum and that helps for a while but i don't fill like eating gum the rest of my life what should i do to make me not nervous in side

2007-07-01 02:15:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous