General Dental Questions

What is the correct term for a deep cleaning?

What is the correct word for deep cleaning? I am trying to figure out if my insurance covers this procedure but I don\'t know the correct term.

does the dental staff allow to shove the suction tube deep down the throat?

I went to the this dental center to have my teeth clean, during the course of cleaning, the assistant of the dentist was acting very ignorantly, what happened was she used something to press my lower lip to let the dentist see my teeth, her...

Can I Eat Fish With Braces?

i just came from orthodontics and was told by them to eat soft foods for 24 hours because of a couple brackets got placed and they dont want them to come out.....can i eat fish and macaroni? or what can i eat?

Back Of Tongue Is Green?

Hi, tonight as i was looking in the mirror and i noticed that the back of my tongue is green and it gets lighter and stops at the tip of my tongue. It seems to be a coating because i brushed it pretty well and most of it came off. There is still a...

I want braces

So I need braces, my two front teeth are pushed into each other, creating a v and all my teeth on the top are spaced, and the bottom are to far pushed together that they overlap and come in cooked. I keep telling it to my mom, but she says to just...

Gum Pains

I had a tooth on 4.3.2013 and the tooth ended up having decay.he tooth needed to be broken in three pieces. On the 8th i went back with intense pain ended up with dry socket, so got the tooth socket packed and still now i have a lot of pain in my...

my back side if tooth was chiped from tounge ring

my back side tooth was chiped off from a metal tounge ring and exposing the very low part of tooth and its two sharp edges that hit my side tounge due to chip can this cause any more damage to my tooth. I don't have any dental insurance but have...

Whitening My Fake Tooth

My front tooth is fake from a sledding accident years ago. I really want to whiten my teeth but I know that if I do my fake tooth wont turn whiter. So I was wondering if after I get my teeth whiter, can I go to my dentist and have them change my...

Dipping Before Dentist?

If you do a dipping pouch the day before you do to the dentisiidt will he be able to notice? I only do it like once every 2-3 days and i started about a month ago. please i need to know as soon as possible! Thank you for your time.

Face Swelling (Answered)

My face on one side swells, along with my upper eye lid and and upper lip on 5 different occasions. I have been to my alergist and i'm not having any problems on that end. Also I 've had problems shallowing while everything else is going on. My...

Large Hard Knot Under Jaw

Help! I went to the dentist with an abscessed tooth 2 weeks ago. I have been on antibiotics now for 14 days. I have surgery scheduled to extract the tooth causing the problem; create a bridge; crown 4 teeth; and fill 2 cavities; however, this...

Just lost bottom retainer i've had in for 20+ years

Last night my bottom retainer (small metal one that was placed behind my bottom five front teeth) came out. Today as I'm flossing between those teeth, I'm pulling out hard white substance-- i don't think it is part of my tooth-- could this be...

Loose teeth in the morning

Every morning my front top teeth seem loose, and I can push them with my tongue. Are they weak due to me smoking? I did have 3 teeth removed on the left top and 2 on the upper right.I have a partial, but I've never worn it. Is that why my teeth are...

Proper Dental Procedures

At the age of 61 I went to the dentist for a simple procedure. I needed fillings on two LOWER teeth (#20 and #28) due to receding gums. Dr. John Jordan described his procedure as follows: I did a bilateral mental nerve block. I started on the...

Chipped tooth

So I'm 21 yrs old and I bearly got braces for an overbite but my 2 top front teeth looked chipped the thing is I never chipped them they stop growing fully my left front tooth looks chipped it's longer from one corner, and my right front tooth...