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Posts for Month: June 2025

Is There an Option for My Mother That Isn’t Dental Implants?

My mother is 83 years old mother and her dentist is suggesting that she remove all her lower teeth and get dental implants. Here’s the thing, my mother is medically compromised. She’s diabetic and has just finished chemo for cancer. I’m concerned that she is not in a condition to deal with this additional stress […]

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Do I Really Need to Extract All of My Teeth?

I have gum disease. I’m working on getting it treated but at my last appointment my dentist suggested that I just extract all my teeth and get dentures so I don’t have to keep dealing with it. Here is the thing. While I have some missing teeth already and some teeth that are in bad […]

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Infected Wisdom Tooth Socket Won’t Heal

I had a dental emergency when one of my wisdom teeth was completely infected. I don’t have a regular dentist, so I went to an emergency dentist. He suggested I just have all of them out at the same time, which I did. However, the one that was infected still has this pocket that is […]

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Sinus Perforated During Extraction

I really hate going to the dentist and nothing about my latest appointment has changed my mind. I had a tooth extraction because it was badly infected. Apparently, when he extracted the tooth he perforated my sinus cavity. A few days after the extraction, my cheek swelled up and there was a lot of discharge […]

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