Swelling after a tooth extraction
We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr. Hall The tooth right beside my lower left wisdom tooth was extracted last Wednesday. There was swelling already on my jaw before the extraction....
View ArticleShould I have my wisdom teeth out at age 42?
Wisdom tooth removal. I am 42 yrs old and have been told I need all 4 removed. My dentist said 1, the oral surgeon wants to remove all 4. Only one has come through the gum and has given me trouble. The...
View ArticleOld root canal tooth re-infected.
i had a root cannal years ago, they put it a cap or whatever into the root. in january 2010 that crown or cap broke off inside the root leaving a hole/shell type thing. now i am having major pain...
View ArticleHealing after root canal apicoectomy.
6 weeks ago I had an “apico” done to remove infection from tooth that had both a crown and root canal. Check up this morning revealed bone was starting to rebuild, xray looked clear of infection but...
View ArticleWill my decayed wisdom teeth fall out on their own?
Dear Dr. Hall, I read with interest your comments regarding wisdom tooth extraction. I have had my wisdom teeth for my whole life (I am 34 now), as they did not cause me any problems growing in....
View ArticleWill a tooth infection spread to my brain?
i went to the dentist two days ago and was told that i have a small tooth infection and i was given a proscription for antibiotics but was told to not take it until a week before i come back to have...
View ArticleSeveral ways for a dentist to screw up a root canal treatment
My husband fell on 11/29/11, while coaching my son’s basketball team. He suffered concussion, chin laceration with sutures and his front two teeth fractured. He was treated same day in dentist and ER....
View ArticleIf the antibiotics don’t work, my dentist says he wants to pull the tooth.
Dr. Hall, I have been trying to find information about calcification/mineralization of a tooth. (I was told by my dentist that, on x-ray, he does not see any remaining canal in one of my molars. It is...
View ArticleThere are a lot of things that can look like decay on the x-ray under a...
I have had a filling in the back of my lateral incisor (#7) since childhood that has been replaced several times over the past 10 years due to leaky margins, etc. The last time it was filled was in...
View ArticleJust a filling, but it’s getting really complicated now
We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr. Hall I am 34, never had a cavity, and had been with the same dentist for 10 years. Our insurance changed so I had to change dentists about 2.5...
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