Oral and Dental Health

Is it a cold sore if...

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Hey there guys, I have gotten cold sores before, so I have either HSV1 or 2, I dunno which. I got that familiar tingling about 5 days ago, and started applying an iodine-based cream. The next day, it had come to a white bubble-like head that was very sensitive to the touch, like a small boil....

by chiko340599 over a year ago

Jumping feeling in Wisdom tooth

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My upper left hand side wisdom tooth is in trouble! A dentist told me it has "scaling" along the gumline and to top it off food gets stuck in this "scaling" and makes my breath STINK! It is so humiliating! Also lately I get a "twitching" feeling in that tooth that goes...

by javagurl36997 over a year ago

Chronic Gum Disease Periodontitis Linked to Tongue Cancer

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Dental health researchers conducted a small study in which they associated the gum disease periodontitis with an elevated risk of developing tongue cancer. The researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in New York, and colleagues compared 51 white men with newly diagnosed...

by DanDan over a year ago

infection on tastebud on tip of my tougne

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about 5 days ago I had a tiny white bump on the tip of my tounge it was a little irritating but not bad and then a couple days later it got worse and now it fricken hurts!! I feel like I am acting like such a baby! But this thing is painful! It seems to look infected though. I stated swishing warm...

by Guest over a year ago

toothjoint pain ear pain and dizzziness

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I have been suffering since one month. Dentist gave one week dose of antibiotics for tooth infection. did not at all. I have pain of tooth joint. Sometimes all joints together. Sometime just only one. And the pain shifts in between the teeth. I feel dizziness i mean like i have something at front...

by Guest over a year ago

My initial thought was that was that it was a meth lab

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I was at a friend's apartment complex when I noticed a thick haze coming out of an apartment down the hall. At first I thought it was smoke but there was no smell and I wasn't coughing when breathing it in. There was however bitter taste in the back of my mouth and some other residence who noticed...

by kepleyp31239 over a year ago

presistant pain in the upper jaw for months

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i have this presistent pain in one side of my upper jaw for months now...i saw an ENT doctor..he told me its due to chewing on that sife of my jaw for too long..which happened acually...for like 3 months b4 that pain...he told me i got the trigeminal nerve irritated or so...so now i'm on a medicine...

by Mena3 over a year ago

in agony with TMJ ?

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i think i may have TMJ i am in agony.. my right hand side of my face hurts so bad, my right temple, head, ear, neck, around my eye, and my jaw!! clicks when i open it.. dentist said no sign of grinding.. she hasnt any experience with tmj, i wear a night guard they made up for me but it isnt...

by redpoison29131 over a year ago

retraction of bad wisdom teeth

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hi i am due to have 6 teeth out 3 of which are bad wisdom teeth. i dont really know how i feel about this but i hope it heels in good time cause as you know it is nearly christmas and i have 2 small children i dont want to let down. i am due the operation on tuesday 28th nov.

by heidi over a year ago

pain & numbness salivary gland

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I have had a numness on my right cheek right in front of my ear for quite awhile now. I also have pulatile tinnitus & have had all of the test at an ENT specialist & they can't find anything. When I eat something tart it swells & takes awhile to go down. I have had this for almost a...

by papilio over a year ago