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Broken File in Root Canal
I just had a root canal done today due to a deep filling I've had for a while. During the procedure, the general dentist broke the file inside the...
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Failed Root Canal with Chronic Abscess. Re-treatment or Abstraction and Implant? (photo)
The 2009 root canal failed due to the ill-fitting crown and I now have a chronic abscess deep in the former root near my sinus. (Gum boil visible in...
6 doctor answers
Is It Safe to Remove Silver Fillings?
I have silver fillings from a long time ago but I've been wanting to get the white fillings instead. One dentist told me that it was safer to keep...
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Failing Tooth After Root Canal
After a tooth has had root canal, and then after that an apicoetomy, how do you know if your tooth is failing and needs to be pulled? what are the signs?
5 doctor answers | 3 community comments
Is It Normal to See the Knot From My Dissolvable Stitch After Having My Wisdom Tooth Extracted?
I am only 1 week post-op and all seems to be healing well, but I've had a constant ache in a localized spot. I took a closer look at the area today...
2 doctor answers
Is It Possible to Wake Up During IV Sedation for Wisdom Teeth Extraction?
My dental phobic son finally mustered up his courage to get his 4 wisdom teeth out today. He had IV sedation and was promised he wouldn't remember...
1 doctor answer
No Pain Before Root Canal, Intolerable Pain After One? (photo)
Hello, I went for a filling few weeks ago on tooth 13-premolar , after removing some caries dentist recommended that I get a root canal. Couple days...
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Top Second Molar Pulled out, Will My Face Look Uneven?
I have my top second molar pulled out yesterday, (i had all my wisdom ones pulled out to years ago after brackets). I am scared my face will look...
1 doctor answer
Pain with Biting Beginning a Month After Filling?
I had a deep filling, and after a few days of sensitivity, it felt fine for a about 2 weeks. Yesterday, it started to hurt upon chewing. it feels sort...
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How Common is It for a Molar to Break (Shatter) After Replacing a Filling?
Went in to have a very old and damaged ( there was a hole in it) filling replaced on my bottom L molar. After filling was completed and I was leaving...
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