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Posts for Month: April 2025

Sinus Perforation with a Dental Implant

About six months ago I had to remove a dental implant because the bone never really filled in. When the dentist placed the implant, he perforated the sinus cavity a little. He said this was pretty normal and it only went in a few millimeters. It wasn’t a big problem until we had to remove […]

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Floss is Catching Under My Porcelain Veneers

I had porcelain veneers placed. For some reason, when I floss it keeps catching beneath on my porcelain veneers, like it is going under it. When I spoke to my dentist about this and he said not to worry about it. My gum covers any gap. While that is true, couldn’t stuff get caught under […]

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Prepaid for Dental Implants and Never Got My Teeth

I need some help and do not know where to turn. I had prepaid for my entire dental implant procedure, which the dentist required. It was for the implant supported dentures. He’d placed the implants and I’ve been in temporary teeth for a while now. However, I just found out my dentist lost his license. […]

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Would Removing a Tooth Near a Nerve Cause Paralysis?

I am getting braces and the dentist/orthodontist suggested getting four teeth removed because of overcrowding. He left one root in for a premolar, which puzzled me because if he’s trying to make space, wouldn’t he need that space where the root is? I asked him about it and he told me it would fall out […]

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