Open Question: what is an orthodontic bite block?

Open Question: what is an orthodontic bite block?

I was supposed to get my bottom set of braces today (or so I thought), but I was told that my top teeth needed to adjust more before I get the bottoms because I need bite blocks.

What is a bite block and what exactly is it for?


View the original article here

Open Question: Drinking 24 hours after wisdom teeth out?

Open Question: Drinking 24 hours after wisdom teeth out?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open QuestionScotty Scotty Member since:September 30, 2008Total points:29 (Level 1)I was wondering if it's ok to drink after getting my wisdom teeth out. I have some run I wasdieing to break Into and I'm willing to mix weak drinks I that helps I'm no longer bleeding but I heard it can in some cases drsolve stitches . Is this true and how severe is itAnswer Question


View the original article here

Open Question: Lip sore from dipping?

Open Question: Lip sore from dipping?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open Questionandy miller andy miller Member since:December 07, 2008Total points:334 (Level 2)Now I have dipped for a while, but not as much as recently. Just recently I've gone through a couple of cans of Grizzly Wintergreen Pouches. At first it was fine, but then my lip started getting tender and sore and it appeared to be getting white cankor sores. Then some of it started peeling off into a sort of white skin, almost resembling Leukoplakia, but I haven't been dipping long enough for that to happen. I actually split those two cans with a buddy. Yesterday, I got a can of Copenhagen Wintergreen Long Cut and it had about the same effect. It seems like the Wintergreen flavor irritates it the most. Any advice or knowledge on what this is?Answer Question

its me by its me Member since:November 15, 2009Total points:737 (Level 2)sounds like a smokless tobacco case.
stop it :D

View the original article here

Open Question: I lost my top retainer. What do I do?!?

Open Question: I lost my top retainer. What do I do?!?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open QuestionMario Mario Mario Mario Member since:May 05, 2011Total points:81 (Level 1)I recently went to the mall with friends today, and when we went to eat, I took out both my top and bottom retainers and stuffed it in my pocket. But when I came home just now and felt the inside of my pocket, only the bottom retainer was there! I don't know if they have a lost and found for the entire mall, but I tried calling the mall but NO ONE picks up! I tried going back to my Orthodontist (University of Toronto) and they said that my session with her is done and I'd have to go to another Dentist to get another one. What do I do now, I dont want my teeth to move!! Its been atleast a month now! Please help! D:Answer Question

F by F Member since:June 05, 2009Total points:242 (Level 1)Try going to the mall and looking for it, and try looking in your car to see if it fell out of your pocket. The most likely places where you lost it are where you sat down and it could have dropped out there.
Also, I'd try calling your orthodontist again. If you lost one of your retainers, they're supposed to make another one for you even if you have to pay for it again. The orthodontist should have understood the situation....or how long have you been using the retainers? If it's been for like 5 years or so, then the retainers shouldn't be that necessary anymore. I'd still keep the bottom retainers on though.

View the original article here

Open Question: Had baby tooth(canine tooth) pulled, adult tooth fully grown, not coming down? 1 yr?

Open Question: Had baby tooth(canine tooth) pulled, adult tooth fully grown, not coming down? 1 yr?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open QuestionMichael Michael Member since:July 21, 2009Total points:309 (Level 2)I'm 14. About a year ago I had my two canine teeth pulled, because I had lost all my teeth a while before that, but the canines weren't coming out and my two adult canine teeth were fully grown above it. One has grown in too high up, but it is grown out and i have a normal tooth, and I'm getting a bracket on my braces to pull it down (should be very quick and easy). If it makes a difference i have an underbite that isn't very bad thats being fixed with the braces and rubber bands. And I have springs on my braces to widen the area that the tooth needs to come down. Now, its been a year, and i can almost see the white of the tooth in my gum, but if i put my tounge under the canine area of my gum, I cant feel anything. So will it eventually come down out of my gum!? How can I make it come out!?Answer Question

Melissa123a by Melissa1... Member since:June 28, 2010Total points:174 (Level 1)I've been getting my twelve yr molars coming in and massaging the gum above the tooth seems to help it break through. once it breaks the surface it comes in fast.

View the original article here

Open Question: How do I pull a bottom molar baby tooth out?

Open Question: How do I pull a bottom molar baby tooth out?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open QuestionMelissa123a Melissa1... Member since:June 28, 2010Total points:174 (Level 1)I'm getting braces and they want me to pull it out, but it's not very loose and I don't want it to get pulled by a doctor. Please don't just say wait for it to come on it's own or just wiggle it because my teeth come out really slowly and I need this faster than that. It's my last baby tooth so I don't want it pulled by a dentist or for it to be really painful. I want tricks to get it looser. Also please do helpful tips not things like eat an apple or tie it to a doorknob. BTW I'm 13 yrs old, so I want it to come out soon because ur supposed to have all ur baby teeth out by the time ur 12Answer Question

Be the first to answer this question.


View the original article here

Open Question: Im a dental assistant level 2 should i take hygiene coordinator job?

Open Question: Im a dental assistant level 2 should i take hygiene coordinator job?

Home >All Categories > Health >Dental >Open QuestionS.O.S S.O.S Member since:May 31, 2007Total points:356 (Level 2)i have dental assisting experience and this job offers good earning and they are asking for a dental assistant level 2 to be Hygiene coordinator full time. So pretty much i would be creating the hygiene schedule, taking xrays and impressions and cleaning the rooms and instruments.
If i were to take this job i would be losing my other job that i work 2x a week as a dental assistant in a root canal specialist.
So my question is if i take the hygiene coordinator job would it benefit anything on my resume if i ever find a full time dental assistant job in the future? or will at be nothing for the a future dental assistant job?
Thank you!Answer Question

Be the first to answer this question.


View the original article here

INTERESANTES

abesesed about abscess accident accidentally acouple Adult Advantages aerobic afford after Again against agoAm Alcohol aligner alternative Alternatives always anaerobic anesthetic answer antibiotic antibiotics anyone anyones anything appointment arent arizona around artery average awkward bacteria badly baking bands Bangkok bargain become becoming before behind being better between biting bleed bleeding blister Blood bottom bought braces Braces BRACES brackets breath broke Broken bruised brush brushed bubble bubblicous bumps caivtes called canal cause caused causes cavities cavity Center ceramic chance cheap cheek cheeklip cheeks Chewed chewing childrens chipped chronic clean clear clenching close coffee college color colors colorscombinations colour Coloured coming completely conscious consultation corners costs could counter courses cracked cream creative Crest crossbite Crown Crunching cured cutting dacay damage damon dangling darkened Decalculification deficiency deficiencyfluoride dehydrated dental Dental dentist dentists Dentists and Insurance denture denturists Description develop didnt directly disadvantage diseas doctor doctors doesnt doing drained Dream dried drink during easier eating effects elastic elastocs electric enamel episode eventually everything excedrinasprin exciting exctraction exposed extracted extraction Extraction extractionpain extreme fallen fangs fatigue feeling fight filled filling finding finish first floss Flossed flossing flute forgot Found frenulum front Front functional gagging getting girlfriend glowinthedark going grind growing grown Habit happened happens Happens happy havent having healthy hours hurting hurts Hygienist ideasproducts illuminator impacted implant impressions included infected infection Inflamed information injecting inside insurance internally International intolerable Invisalign invisible itching killing Laser later Laughing lingual little longer longest looks Loose lower lymph makeover Making manual March market match metal missing molar molars money month months mouth mouthwash moved myself named needed Nervous nicotine night Night normal Novocaine often ontario option oralb orgasm ortho orthodontic orthodontics orthodontist other oversees pains Palatal expander paranoid Patricia pearly peeling penicillin people Periodontal Permanent Peroxyl persons PhosFlur Pickering pierced Please PLEASE points popcorn porcelain Porcelin position possible powerchains pregnancy pressure Price problem Problems procedure products pulled puppy putting qualify Question Questions QuestionsRead ready realized really realy recharge recovery referred refitted regular related relief Removable removal removed repair Resolved retainer retainers Returned reverse reviews RIGHT ripoff robot rotting rubber rubbing rushed Saturday scale scared school sealants Sedation sensation sensitivity serious shifting Should signs simple since sinus Skegness sleeping slightly smells smiley socket SoftMushy solid Somebody something sometimes sooner sores sound Spacer spring stain stained start staying steps still stitches stops store straight straighten straightening Strips stuck surely SURGERY surgically Sweets swell swelling swollen swollenHELP symptoms system taken takes talking taste teeth teethHELP teething teeths temporary their there these think throat through thrust thursday tight tightly today together tongue tonsil tooth Tooth Tooth extraction toothache Toothache toothbrush toothpaste toothpasteetc touch touching track train treatment truly Tuesday Turning ulcers uncomfortable until upcoming upper using veneers visit waiting wanna warmish wbrace weeks weird Whats Whenever Where which while white whiten Whitened whitening Whitening Widsom wiggle wisdom without wondering worried WORST Would wrong years yellow youve