Fistula above root canal
Dental help wanted – Fistula above root canal
"A few months after having root treatment I experienced some pain and a large lump appeared above the tooth which my dentist called a fistula I think. My dentist cleaned out the tooth but the lump did not go away. He then referred me [...] >more...
Dentures
QUESTION – New Dentures
“Hi, I am after some advice, I am getting dentures and my dentist has informed me that I need to go to the dental hospital to get 2 roots removed from my top gum, but the waiting time is 10 weeks. Would it be possible to get the lower gum [...] >more...
Bridge replacement
QUESTION – Bridge Replacement
“I am unsure if you can help me or not, but I do need advice if possible. Perhaps you might be able to point me in the direction of that if you cannot answer this yourselves. This is the situation: I have a large upper bridge. 7 teeth, four [...] >more...
Lump on lip
QUESTION – Lump on lip “I’m a 37yr old non smoking male. I had a lump appear on my lip about a week ago, it grew pretty quickly from a red spot to a white rubbery lump approx 1/2cm in height. I went to my dentist yesterday to have it removed and sent away [...] >more...
Wisdom Tooth coming through
QUESTION – Irritating Wisdom Tooth “My wisdom teeth have been coming through for a while and haven’t posed too many problems. However, 2 days ago the top right tooth started poking into the inside of my mouth and it’s getting really irritating. My problem is that I’m off overseas for 7 weeks starting tomorrow [...] >more...
Root Canal Treatment or Extraction
Hope someone can give me some advice. I’m 25, and up until I was 22, I had a pretty bad dentist (unfortunately I did not realise this until it was too late). Long story short I went to my new dentist with a huge amount of cavities. Most have been treated with fillings but i’ve had [...] >more...
Dental bridge and root treatment
I have a dental bridge on the upper left of my mouth. It is attached to tooth 4 and 6 to fill the gap left after extraction of number 5. I now have a problem with tooth 6 which requires root treatment. My dentist has given me two choices:
1) Try to do RCT [...] >more...
Unhappy with dental treatment several years ago
QUESTION - Unhappy with dental treatment several years ago
The main reason for my question, is whether there is much can be done about a treatment undertaken in 2007 on NHS in England. I am a 25 year old female, and would have been 21 at time of treatment.
In approx Aug/Sept 2007, I [...] >more...
Colour of veneers
QUESTION
“I have recently had veneers fitted, but i am unhappy with the colour of them. What do i do? Is it too much to ask the dentist to replace them”
ANSWER
It depends. Presumably your dentist discussed the colour of the veneers with you and you agreed with him what you [...] >more...
Root Canal Treatment needed
QUESTION
“I needed to get root canal done on a tooth at the lower back of my mouth. I didn’t have someone experienced in root canal treating me so she started the treatment which was painful then stopped midway and told me my tooth is too small to treat. I was referred to the [...] >more...