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Dentists
Doctors who treat oral problems such as tooth decay. They also help maintain your teeth to prevent oral problems.
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Do chips hurt if you just got braces?
Yes, my sister says so, she has braces and I have 3 braces on my back teeth. They do hurt to eat with braces the first week, but trust me, you'll get used to it. Hope this helps! :-)
Are there strips to fix a gap between my two front teeth?
They're called Teeth Gap Bands.
You can get Teeth Gap Bands. It closed my gap in 3 weeks.
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What you're describing is consistent with the symptoms of TMJ (TemporoMandibular Joint Disorder). However, if he didn't diagnose you with TMJ, then something else that can cause what you're dealing with is Stress of any type.
Stress causes us to tighten certain muscles, and the jaw is one of the most common (think gritting your teeth). It's apparent if you feel inside your mouth and can feel the misalignment of your teeth. Using a mouthpiece/mouthguard at night helps keep the jaw from tightening, but ultimately if it's stress related, only removing the source or finding a way to relax will give you any relief.
I've dealt with this for many years, but have learned to deal with it by using relaxation techniques, mental focus, and muscle relaxers when necessary.
TMJ is a specific problem that is well known - never take any one doctor's word for it that you don't have a specific issue. You can read more about TMJ at the Wiki link below.
Is it normal for a virgin to smell bad?
No. There is no causal relationship between virginity on the one hand, and an unpleasant scent on the other. The two factors are unrelated.
If you major in biology can you become a dentist?
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
Yes you can. However, make sure you meet with a career counselor at the college or university you attend to ensure you take the appropriate prerequisite coursework for dental school. Also, you should come up with a plan B. In other words, admission to dental school is highly competitive. Thus, ask yourself what will you be able to do with a bachelors in biology should you not be accepted.
How do you help cure a tooth infection when you do not have insurance or money to see a dentist?
- In my experience the important thing is to keep the mouth very very clean. Then I began a light massage in the muscles around the jaw and the facial muscles. I dedicated a good six hours to lying in bed massaging and then I would sleep and wake up and massage again. Eventually the infection will spread from your tooth into the rest of your face and then into your body. This "could" be dangerous (I've heart the horror stories about the infection going to your brain, etc.) but I know how to listen to my body and could feel my tooth getting better even though the rest of my body felt ill.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to drink lots and lots of water (7-14 glasses a day), and eventually you'll sweat out the infection and it goes away. This has happened twice to me in three years. Both times, everyone around said I was crazy and that I needed to go to the dentist. And yet, after a lot of TLC and about two days of bed rest and massage, it goes away. That is a lot better than paying the dentist hundreds of dollars. Don't listen to the fear-based B.S. -- your body is an amazing thing and TLC, massage, cleansing and rest/low stress levels are key to healing. I am not a professional -- and this could be dangerous for others -- but for me it worked. The reason for my tooth infection was a cracked tooth.
- I'm a DDS, and as the answer below me indicates, you can't. Antibiotics will relieve the symptoms, but they can't cure the source of the infection: Once the tooth dies, there isn't any blood supply to deliver the antibiotic to where the bacteria are located. The only way to eliminate a tooth infection once and for all is to either remove the infected pulp tissue (i.e., have a root canal) or extract the tooth.
- You can't. You can try brushing and flossing very well in that area and rinsing with warm salt water, but it will only help for a little while. You can try to get state insurance or go to a state clinic that is cheaper and may let you make payments.
- I've found in the past that taking large amounts of garlic helps to reduce a tooth infection. Garlic is a natural antibiotic. Take a look at the following link. It explains it much better than I can:
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I would recommend purchasing the odor-free garlic -- because of the amount you would take and the frequency. Usually I take a handful on the first dose and then a few tablets every few hours. Don't worry, you won't overdose on garlic. But as I mentioned, the odor-free garlic is much better for this. If you don't have tablets handy, fresh garlic works too. However, I only recommend it as a last resort. Rather just take a clove of garlic and chew it up, and some day, you'll understand why. Garlic capsules get a lot more in your system a lot easier than chewing up several cloves of garlic. I've had numerous infections in the past and it works.
And a natural means of dealing with the pain is clove oil. Although it tastes horrible, it numbs the gums and eases the pain. As as aside, I haven't taken antibiotics since I was a child. I'm 36 now and my infections are few and far between.
When can you eat real food not soft stuff after getting your wisdom teeth out?
Be very careful not to break the scab, then you would have to see the dentist and start all over.
Well it depends. My oral surgeon put on the sheet to stick to a liquid diet for 2 days. But he told me really you can eat anything but you probably won't feel like it. I've heard of people eating normal afterwards. Also I would think if you only get one side taken out you can eat anything on the other side. But you should avoid anything with seeds in it. Really you need to be carefuly because you could get dry socket which some people say is very painful.
What should you do if your mouth is irritated from your plastic retainers?
well i say move a way from them
well i say move a way from them
Does getting a bottom molar pulled hurt and for how long?
It doesn't "hurt" if you're placed under IV sedation (Oral surgeon). If it's "local" anesthesia, then the only thing that hurts is the injection of novacaine. The actual pulling of the molar doesn't hurt.
Give a way to remember to go to dentist every year?
Make your next appointment before you leave. They will remind you! Mine sends a card a week or so ahead of time and then call the day before the appointment.
There are emergency dentists and all dentists keep at least two to three extra appointments open for emergencies. Please see a dentist today! There is no way you can keep your jaw still.
Is watering your grass when it's freezing bad?
yes because your water that you put on your grass will freeze
Before considering "correction" first determine if altering your occlusion would be worth the cost. For instance, if you're still sucking your thumb you may find it far more pleasurable that your mouth is shaped to better accomodate your gentle habit. "Correcting" that would make thumb sucking less enjoyable and, in many cases, thumb sucking ceases upon obtaining braces, depriving you of a free, legal, convenient and effective way to relax, lower your heart rate and experience a physiologically similar state to meditation, a state known to have some very positive health consequences. Upon cessation you may, thus, go through a period of habit substitution which, for most people, means overeating, nail biting and even smoking. Having stated the above, many orthodondists won't work with thumb suckers since the results too often are not stable. Where they do work, you're talking braces and probably fees above $5,000, unless you go outside the United States.
