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Oral and Dental Health

This forum includes discussions on gum diseases, swollen or enlarged lips, teeth and tongue diseases, dental care, TMJ disorders, tooth whitening, bad breath, black hairy tongue, geographic tongue, scrotal (fissured )tongue, hyperkeratosis of tongue, tongue and palate aphthous ulcers.

Is it true that tooth extractions with bone grafts means you shouldn’t eat/drink certain foods?

Recently had all 4 wisdom teeth out on Monday alongside a bone graft on the top two teeth due to the surgeon explaining that the roots for the top two teeth were close to my sinuses and would thus leave me with a risk for sinus communication if I didn’t.  Unrelated to whether or not that...

by User avatar pretty athletics

Tooth extraction and mastrubation.

Hello I was wondering...How long I would have to wait untill masterbating after a tooth extraction. I had read that you can't have sex or masterbate after. Was wondering for how long? I'm not sure if this is in the right place. I am sorry if its not. :-( Any feedback would be much appreciated....

by User avatar Guest

Can you tell me what does white film on my gums mean during wisdom teeth healing?

Hey all, just had my 4 wisdom teeth taken out on Monday and really don't know too much about the surgery. Surgeon didn't really describe much of it/tell me much about how easy/hard it was to do, and he also didn't make any follow-up appointments to check in.  Three days in, I feel pretty...

by User avatar pretty athletics

Recurring Lip Infection, not just chapped but worse

Answered by a doctor

I have a recurring lip problem. My lips start off really itchy and they feel like they are sunburnt and its stings around the lining of my lips. They then become super red and the whole outer are of my lips look red and swollen. Sometimes I get crusty stuff on my lips but only sometimes. It...

by User avatar lizzyn18

Strange looking sores are appearing at the back of my mouth after dental treatment

I lost a filling back in July, there was no pain or discomfort at all, it was a very old filling, s I decided to get a new filling, I went to a dentist I had been to before, the did the Filling and charged me £165.00, I must admit I was shocked that the prices had skyrocketed. Within about 2 weeks,...

by User avatar Guest

Will taste buds repair themselves after eating a lot of ice for several months?

Will taste buds repair themselves after eating a lot of ice for several months? Will taste buds "get fixed" after eating lots of ice due to anemia?

by User avatar awake tunnel

Is it safe to have 16 tooth extraction(s) at once? Without using an anesthesia?

my dentist wants to extract 16 teeth at one time (without using anesthesia). is this safe for me

by User avatar Guest

Pterygoid hamulus of medial plate changing shape

Apparently I have a Pterygoid hamulus of medial plate problem. The oral surgeon did not take an xray but was guessing that is what I have noticed on the roof of my mouth. He thought perhaps I injured it while eating and the tissue surrounding it was sensitive and slow to heal. However, it's been...

by User avatar Guest

White stuff on the left side of my gums after tooth extraction. Is it an infection or dry socket?

hey im day three of tooth extraction there is white stuff on my gum thats soft ive been using outh wash non alcholic and ive got a strange taste almost like metallic there is a tiny bit of throbbing but nothing else i feel okay. is it an infection or dry socket?

by User avatar Guest

nausea, dizziness wisdom teeth?

Answered by a doctor

For about a week now, I have been feeling quite out of it. It is somewhat hard to explain. Last Saturday, I experience a feeling of lightheaded-ness that subsided within a couple of hours. This feeling again returned on monday. Since monday I have been having various feelings of lightheaded ness and...

by User avatar kleptocrat78542