Dr. Tennet: My 18 year old daughter recently had her four wisdom teeth out. ..we thought. In error, her upper right second molar was extracted and the impacted wisdom tooth remains. The dentist is willing to do what is necessary to make the situation right and is hoping the wisdom tooth will drop and she can wear braces to move the wisdom tooth forward. We are skeptical that this will work and our daughter does not want to wear braces again, especially in college! We have had one expert look at doing a post implant which our daughter would like. The expert’s first reaction was to tell us she did not have enough bone to do this.
We want to pursue another opinion but would like some guidance before moving forward. Could you give us your thoughts and some advice?
Thank you.
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My daughters had the wrong tooth pulled and has now been recommended braces she doesn’t want, what are the solutions?
Thursday, September 15th, 2011What can I do about my gap teeth?
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011hiya there, i have a very large gap between my 2 front teeth and as far as i know i have always had it there. i dont really understand why its there, i always assumed it would close as i grew, what options do i have? i really hate it though and just wondered if it can be fixed and if so how much it would cost and what i need to have done ie: would it be more than one treatment or a course etc etc. would i need cosmetic dentistry or could i get it done at my normal dentist? if the treatment is costly can it be paid off in instalments or do you need to pay all upfront? thank you very much
I’ve been on penicillin and the pain is gone but the tooth is still sore, is this normal?
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 Hi, I have had terrible tooth ace on my front tooth for some time and I can feel a pulsing sensation on the nerve behind the tooth. so I went to the dentist and they adviced me to have root canal treatment on the tooth feeling this would sort the problem out. At the same time I also had an infection, so when they gave me the anaesthetic the tooth did not go numb, so I was then told they would have to control the infection before
treatment was carried out. they put me on penicillin which ive been on for for 3 days now and the pain is gone but the tooth is still a little sore, is this normal?
can you tell me what the long term effects would be of not having my infected tooth removed?
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011I have a continuing infection in a tooth which has had root canal treatment several years ago. There is considerable bone loss now and the tooth gets loose and then tightens up again when the infection has passed. My dentist recommends that I have the tooth removed but I am a bit of a coward. Could you advise me what the long term effects are if I do not have the tooth removed. I have heard that it could cause me to become very ill if I allow it to continue.
I think stress is causing red and white spots in my mouth, what can I do?
Friday, June 24th, 2011white spots and red spots in the mouth
hi having lot of stress and some treament on my teeth but l noties in my mouth lot of white spots and red sports on lips got sores to and blister very painful and white patches all over mouth when go see a dentis cant have him doing any treament at all now ive got see a specialist why do ive got do that please help me find out why thank you for your time
My teeth are in a bad state after my liver disease, what can I do?
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011After having Liver Disease for 22 years, followed by a transplant, by teeth are literally wasting away. My old liver used to prevent me from having enough Vit D and calcium. What can I do. I have got an enormous phobia of anything to do with dentists, All the edges of my teeth have worn away and I have got several decayed teeth. I do sometimes get bad pain. I wish that I could smile but my teeth are so horrible. I am frightened about what all the treatment would cost, as I am 58 but not yet working after my transplant. I am also very stressed just thinking about what might need to be done.
What are my options concerning jaw alignment surgery?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011When i was 17 my dentist at the time told me i needed to have surgery on my bottom jaw it is in front of my top one I thought about this alot and had wanted to have it done but by the time i had managed to reach my dentist i was already 18 and he told me i was then unable to get it done for free since then i have asked my current dentist about this and he has said the same is this true please can you try and help me because i am now 20 years old and i would like to have this sorted as it has now started to cause me pain and i am not happy with the way i look
I’m 47, can I still have my jaw realigned?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Dear Dr Sunita,
I am a 47 year old male who would like to know if even at my age it would be possible to have my jaw realigned,my lower jaw protrudes further than my top,thus I my top teeth do not show very well whn i smile.
I know I have left this a long time,but even now i get upset as I have a lets say odd smile due to the problem ith my jaw to the point I never have my picture aken.
would appreciate any feed back possible, thank you for your time.
kind regards,
I have severely ground down my teeth, what do you suggest?
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Hello Dr. All of my teeth are very badly ground down due to excess grinding of calcium substitues. I very much would like to ave a beautiful smile. I am embarassed by my teeth. Some of them are also chipped. They are discoloured, just awful.
I know you have a brilliant reputation for putting patients at ease, as this is also a problem for me, dentist phobia.
Anyway, Dr. , if you were able to help me, I can’t express how I grateful and happy I would be. I realise that you are a specialist, but my teeth are so bad that I doubt even you can do anything with them.
I feel depressed and down, just because of my teeth and not being able to smile whenever there is something to smile about.
Yours sincerely
