Dental Fear Questions

What do I need to have a symmetrical smile?

A la edad de 10 aproximadamente me extraen el premolar derecho por carie, a los 17/18 me extraen ambos premolares inferiores para desplazar la mordida hacia atrás. Y me ponen brackets, corrigiendo la postura de las piezas superiores y desplazando...

Are my gums receding?

I cannot remember for the life of me if my teeth have always looked like this because I have a lot of issues with my teeth that I was born with, but one of my teeth look longer than the rest, not a significant amount, but enough for me to notice....

Please I don’t want to have them taken out!!

You Hi, I just went to my first orthodontist consultation today. She said I will have to have four teeth removed so I can have braces but I have huge anxiety and panic attacks and I can’t get put to sleep. Do I have to have them removed or will the...

Keep biting my cheek .

I keep biting my cheek and my mouths not open. I’m not even talking and I still bite it I have to blow my cheek up and pull it away so I won’t bite it as it still happens. I been telling my Dentist for years and she just tells me to switch...

Scared that something bad is happening

For a few weeks now I've felt pressure in all four cuspids and I don't know what it is nor can find a result for it? I'm also afraid that they'd take out a tooth or something because i have exposed dentin as well. It's not too far into the tooth...

Do I need to see the dentist ASAP? How severe is this?

I’m not sure if I need to see a dentist. I have no knowledge in the oral field but a lot of what I’ve looked up my symptoms match a disorder called TMJ. I’m currently unemployed without insurance so I’m rather worried. A few months ago my jaw felt...

My teeth seem to be missaligned after an injury.

Hello, recently I suffered trauma to my jaw. I can close my jaw normally and my bite isn’t any different to me than before. But for the last 10 days( since the accident) I suffer from headaches every day, combined with jaw pain. Also, when I look at...

What am I supposed to do now?

I have a permanent retainer behind my two front teeth on the top row following the removal of my braces, and I was eating and it came off. The hygienist said this can happen and to come back in as soon as possible, but because of corona, they’re...

How should I fix the problem with my transmigrated mandibular canine?

I have a transmigrated mandibular canine. It is very far into my jaw. My orthodontist decided to attach a button onto the tooth, run a chain through my gums and attach it to my 2nd furthest back tooth. This constant pressure is moving the tooth into...

What can this be?

I went for a wisdom tooth removal but they found this space under tooth #24 after doing my X-ray examination.. I’m really scared that I might loose the tooth or have to have a tooth removed. I don’t have any pain with the tooth and no problems as to...

Botox and Invisalign

I started Invisalign in January and starting getting headaches so in March I had Botox in my masseter because my provider thought that it was from a new onset of TMJ. I now have masseter hypertrophy (verified by CT) on the right side of my face 6...

Bumps back of tongue (Answered)

Hi my name is Florian Kolberg, Ive had the feeling that something is stuck in the back of my tongue for about 4 days now. When I look into my mouth with a flash light I can see alot of bumps but one looks bigger and inflamed. It looks whitish I’m a...

How to cause a tooth to tilt at home

Hi. My name is Olivia and I recently have been experiencing an overwhelming amount of anxiety as a result of a shifting of my teeth because of the change that the way my jaw sits when I close my mouth and the inability to smile the same with my...

Fear of Pericoronitis (Answered)

Hi I keep getting bits of food down the gap on the side of my wisdom tooth I whent to the dentist yesterday and she just prescribed me some antibiotics I did ask her if she was going to take my wisdom tooth out and she said no. Just to use salt...

What is this bump In my mouth

I’ve had this bump in my mouth for about a week now but it was on both sides at one point but the left side it went away it hurts when I touch it and feels like a lot of pressure when I’m not touching it.