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Hi, I’m looking for a dental practitioner/consultant who can treat my bruxism/tmj by botox injection. After 32 years of problems with firstly, misaligned teeth from a bad dentist, causing me to grind my teeth which caused problems which my then dentist tried over time to regain my bite with a little success but did solve the problem. Over the past 10 years the problem has achieved epic proportons despite ‘appliances’ supplied by Manchester dental hospital, no treatment by North Staffs hospital, told joints are not ‘bad enought’ to operate on, did not ask them to operate on them but that is the only treatment they provide for TMJ. Have now graduated to TMJ and Bruixism, and teeth are suffering despite a bio feedback device and mouth guards/splints. I need to stabilise my condition in order to both receive pain relief and in order that my teeth may be repaired before I have a chance to break them. The only way I can see forward is to paralyse the muscles to some extent so that repair work may be carried out to stabilise my teeth, which whilst unattractive do at least allow me to eat. So any idea who in this country or in Europe is both qualified to carry out this treatment and is prepared to do it?

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Hello,
Our 12 week old daughter was treated for tongue tie at Kings hospital last week (under her tongue), and we think she may also have a labial frenum under her top lip in at the front that is getting in the way of her flanging her top lip and latching on to breastfeed properly. However this is not treatable at Kings (nor anywhere on the NHS as I understand it). Also we are wondering if it is left untreated it may lead to her requiring orthodontic treatment later on. I have been told that if left this piece of skin gets thicker and is a bigger issue to remedy later on. Is this a surgery that you would recommend for this age? Is it a simple procedure? Can you give a guide as to cost? Thank you

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good day dear dr caplan …if we compare cerec system with 5d e max cad/cad ..what would you think about the result concerning the accuracy of fittings,marginal adaptation and occlusion taking into consideratrion that you have to be biased to your system ..
thank you indeed for your kind care and reply …
note:i was one of the participant who attened the two cosmetic meetings in dubai and participatied in MENA AWARDS AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE IRAQI DENTAL ASSOCIATION (ACADEMIC PROSTHODONTIST SPECIALIST IN DENTAL SCHOOL OF BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY )WHO WOULD LIKE TO WELCOMING YOU IN IRAQ SOON .ALSO I DO LIKE YOUR LECTURES

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Hi

My letf canine tooth is crooked and longer than the rest of my teeth. Would a dentist be able to fix this without braces ie, could they file it down so its not so visable?

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can bad gums upset ones gut and resolt in bad breth and a raw gut feeling

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I had a sinus lift 8 days ago… I am still have severe pain in my inner cheek area with less pain in the surgical area… I went back to the oral surgeon yesterday due to the cheek pain – he deadened my mouth (of course in the cheek area where all my pain is) with shots being so unbearable I was shaking… Long story short he saw no infection or any problems any where? He was very confused as to why I was still in such pain. Like I said the pain is 90% in my inner left cheek. Have u ever heard of this??,

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I heard that teeth, as well as gums, shrink as a person ages. Is that true?,

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I have a cracked tooth and my dentist plans to fit a gold crown over it because it is a back tooth and this will be the strongest sort of crown. The nerve seems to be healthy so I have not had root canal treatment. However, the tooth does seem to hurt when pressured and I presume this is because the cracked tooth reacts to pressure. Could the crack be repaired so that it doesn’t move when under pressure or must it rely simply on the tooth being held together by the strong crown?

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In my most recent dentist visit, my dentist had replaced several of my silver amalgam fillings with composite ones (not sure which exact type but it did involve UV light and some sort of bonding agent). One of the teeth was a Molar with pretty big cavity the filling covered most of the top of the tooth/chewing surface). Afterwards, I read online that specifically for Molars and certain cavities (not sure which ones) composite fillings are recommended less than silver (amalgam) ones due to increased problems with leakage, less longetivity (about 5 yrs less than amalgam), and if compromised higher chances of having to do a root canal to fix it. At the same time, I am pretty sure he used the most recent version of composite filling used in US – because he just recently started using it and was REALLY proud of it. So the material was the latest version, not sure about his technique though since its my first experience with this particular filling method. This made me concerned, since the cavity I had was pretty deep and another dentist (couple of years back) warned me that next time I might have to do a root canal because of the depth of the cavity. My question is was my current dentist right in replacing my old amalgam fillings for a big cavity in my molar – the cavity was at the top of the tooth (chewing surface) with composite fillings instead of using silver amalgam again?

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Looking for a temporary filling product in the UK? I’m looking for a “temporary filling” product like “Cavi fix” on sale in Chemist shops in the UK.? Just lost my filling and can’t afford to go and see a dentist…need something to block the hole so the nerve doesn’t start to play up in a couple of weeks time…. Just found Dr denti ” Tooth-Fil on line… but would like to know if its available in Chemists shops. thanks for any info. Plase remember that I’m asking this question because for the moment I CAN’T AFFORD to go and see a dentist, so please dont suggest that I do.