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HELP!!! Piece Of Loose Skin on gums!!! Please
Feb 27, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
You most likely are describing an erupting wisdom tooth. The flap of skin is called an operculum, and is normal for a partially erupted tooth. The wisdom tooth most likely will not erupt fully and remain impacted. This somewhat submerged tooth will at times get infected and be very painful. You will need to have it evaluated and extracted soon.
Jaw Pain
Feb 26, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
This is likely to be temporary as the wisdom teeth can develop close to the nerve that connects to all the lower teeth. While that area is healing the nerve can be irritated and thus giving you pain signals to other teeth in the lower jaw. You should have your surgeon/dentist check for any signs of delayed healing in the sockets and or infection.
Implant necessary?
Feb 26, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
Your situation is a longer term concern. Your not likely to experience pain and immediate crisis for some time. The issue is over a number of years your bite will shift and collapse unfavorably. This could lead to a number of problems including wearing of other teeth; increased clenching and bruxing casing damage to teeth; pain and headaches and pain in and a...
Eye tooth pain
Feb 26, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
your situation is likely to involve the bite. Since the eye tooth was orthodontically moved into place from an impacted position, the final position it is now in has some component of bite trauma which has made is sensitive due to this tooth not being in an ideal position. There are of course other reasons for the pain, but I would have your dentist or orthod...
bone graph
Feb 26, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
Recommending a bone graft immediately after extraction can be a good idea, if in the future an implant is going to be placed. If a bridge is the option you select for replacement of tooth#19, a bone graft would be indicated in some cases where there is a severe amount of bone destruction around that tooth, such that the healed area would leave a large open sp...
teeth
Feb 25, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
This sounds serious and you should seek immediate dental attention. In dentistry there are very few things that come even close to life threatening. Infected teeth are one of the few things that are life threatening. Human mouth bacteria are vicious and deadly if they enter the body and blood stream. Just talk to any ER doctor and they will tell you that huma...
Slightly puffy cheek to the right of my nose
Feb 24, 2009 in the Comprehensive Dentistry Expert Forum
I would have to answer you with something that you already know. You would want to see a dentist YESTERDAY. This is an infection which could be related to a broken root you may have in there or the teeth next to the area where you have lost the tooth. Either way, this is something that does not go away on its own, even if the swelling goes down and the infect...