General Dental Frequently Asked Questions

TMJ/Jaw Dislocation

Saw dentist last week, he said I had TMJ problems. Felt like my ear drums were going to explode last night, pain suddenly stopped, followed by all the muscles in my jaw going completely lax. left jaw now hangs an inch lower than right jaw....

Root Canal Treatment complications

Hello I am a 26 year old female patient. My dentist advised me to go for root canal treatment on one of my upper jaw teeth. On 27th Oct, he did the first step of cleaning the roots. Today, i.e. on 29th when I went, he checked on X-ray. X-ray shows...

Jaw muscle sore after novocaine shot at dentist

Had a shot at dentist 3 weeks ago on back jaw muscle for a numbing for deep teeth cleaning. Some 5 days afterwards I got very sore at the spot of injection and could barely open my jaw/mouth. Became hard to open my mouth wide to eat/chew food....

Emergence of Unknown Protrusion

Hi, I would really like some information about this problem that suddenly developed. I have a molar in the far back on the left side of my mouth, the crown is completely gone and it\'s sunken below the gum line in a sort of bowl shape. I\'ve needed...

Fluid build up in tooth after root canal

I had a root canal a couple of months ago--ever since the day I had it I started getting this thick fluid building up in my tooth below where my root canal was done. I went back to the dentist and he said that there is no infection (he put me on...

Cut on Roof of Mouth

I\'ve had a cut on the roof of my mouth. For a while now... My dentist can\'t see me till 4 more days. .it\'s like an endenture small but not getting bigger and it it\'s on a red spot circling around it. It doesn\'t hurt but it tickles constantly...

Reparative dentin overgrowth

Reparative dentin overgrowth: About 3 years ago my two most front bottom teeth lost all of their enamel in about a 2 week period of time,about 3 months later reparative dentin formed and grew all the way back down to the gum line,then,kept growing...

Question regarding craze lines and what happens to then over time.

Craze lines, I have four or so of my bottom front teeth have craze lines that are white ... These won't cause teeth to be weak or crack will they ? Also Will fluride topical strengthen them ? Also will they get bigger or should they stay the same ?...

Dental post broken crown seems loose

My dental post has broken from the middle third I am told. I have had this post and core in my top left hand side incisor and it has had no problems for almost 9 years. Now the crown seems loose. I had an x ray done and they told me the same thing...

dentist casting process

Hello. i hope you can help me with some research on dentist practises. I hope to find out the process of making casts of the teeth and the costs to each step of the process most importantly the costs, how they are made, why they are needed and...

Smile a Lot, very Embarrased

I recently went to the orthodontist and was told that my teeth aren't odd enough for my insurance to pay for me to get braces. My family does not make enough money to pay for braces though my two front teeth are really odd. I smile a lot and when I...

General Dental Questions