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Is it possible to have two cavities in one tooth or is the dentist just trying to double-charge for one filling?
It's possible to have two different cavities in one tooth. It's also possible that it is just one cavity, but it is on two surfaces of the tooth. Each tooth has five surfaces. Each surface added to a filling will be more money.
Is tooth fairy one word or two?
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What happens when you chew on tinfoil?
Biting on aluminum foil can be painful and is­ usually noticed if you have metal in your mouth from dental work (e.g. fillings, crowns). Basically, when you bite on foil, you set up a battery in your mouth and the electrical current stimulates nerve endings in your tooth. Here is what happens:pressure from biting brings two dissimilar metals (aluminum foil, mercury in fillings or gold in crowns) in contact in a moist, salty environment (saliva)the two metals have an electrochemical potential difference or voltage across themelectrons flow from the foil into the tooth (i.e. electrical current)the current gets conducted into the tooth's root, usually by the filling or crownthe current sets off a nerve impulse in the root's nervethe nerve impulse is sent to the brainthe brain interprets the impulse as pain
What is a DO amalgam?
DO amalgam is a type of restoration used to repair a tooth that has been damaged by dental decay or a fracture. Amalgam is the material used, commonly called "silver fillings". DO refers to the surfaces of the tooth that the amalgam will occupy. D = distal (think 'back'.) O = occlusal (think 'biting') Therefore, this is a two surface silver filling.
What is tooth plus tooth?
Two teeth?
Why dental insurance don't cover fillings on molars?
I suspect that your dental insurance does cover fillings on molars, but only from amalgam material (silver fillings) not composite material (white fillings). Why? Molars bear the heaviest chewing workload in the mouth and amalgam is more durable than composite. Also amalgam is usually less expensive. Usually an insurer will apply a provision called LEAT--Least Expensive Alternative Treatment--to the payment of a composite filling that is placed on a molar or other tooth where the coverage is for amalgam fillings. This means that they will pay as if the composite filling was an amalgam one. Here is an example. Say an amalgam two surface filling on a molar costs $150 but a two surface composite filling costs $220. And say your insurance pays 80% of the cost. $120 is 80% of $150, so your insurance would cover $120 and you would be left to pay $100 (the difference between the payment and the $220 for choosing a composite filling.)
Will a baby tooth come out if a new tooth is behind it?
This happened to me and one of the baby teeth eventually fell out. I had to have two others pulled out by the dentist.
What is a two pointed tooth called?
A tooth with two cusps is called a bicuspid or premolar.
What is a tooth called with two points?
A tooth with two cusps is called a bicuspid or premolar.
How much money would you get for one tooth?
Once I got £30 for one tooth and yesterday I lost two teeth and I got £5 for both of them! £5 for both of them is like saying £2.50 for one!
What is a bicuspid?
A bicuspid is a tooth with two cusps - a premolar tooth.
Why is dentinoenamel- junction most sensitive part in the tooth?
because dentinoenamel junction locate between the two hard important part of the tooth and these two part of the tooth protect the tooth.
