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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.

nickel allergy and braces

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My son, who is now 16, got invisalign braces on his top teeth almost 14 months ago. The orthodontist said the braces contained nickel. Right after these went on his very discernible acne got much worse. Then, when the bottom braces went on six months later, all metal, the acne again took a turn for...

by User avatar ceceann145666

Constant Need To Chew?

Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that I always have the urge to chew on something. Sometimes it's a straw, but about 90% of the time it's the ring around the top of a soda bottle. I am actually doing it as I type this. And as I look back, I've been doing it for about a year but I've just...

by User avatar guest12321

blood in saliva at night and the mornings

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Hi there, I am a 56 year old female and I wonder if anyone has the same problem as me - I have recently noticed that during the night and in the morning my saliva is brown in colour and could have some blood in it. Other than this, I seem to be in fine health although having said this, I have...

by User avatar anne.shaw@lawoffice.co.uk

Very strange back pain when I swallow.

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I’m very puzzled and hope someone may have an answer. For about a week now, when I drink cold liquids or eat cold foods, I get a pain that shoots down my upper left side of my back. It goes away in one second. It’s almost as if I feel it running down my left side of my back and then the pain is...

by User avatar suz4

Extreme ongoing body pain that started with a tooth extraction

A close friend (age 75ish) had a tooth extracted. On that day he experienced extreme pain and neuropathy which has gone on for months. His doctors have done one back surgery (no relief), and a neck surgery is next. He has asked three doctors about the tooth extraction, and they dismiss it out of...

by User avatar Guest

smoking marijuana with dry socket?

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i got my wisdom teeth pulled, all of them then i got dry socket, it has been 8 days since extraction my question to you all is, since i already have dry socket, can i smoke with dry socket? or will that delay healing? make it worse??

by User avatar Guest

I have a mandibular bone loss on the lower jawbone. Is that caused by my ortho surgery?

mandibular bone ;loss. most lkiely original causes? I am terrible with regular visits and professional cleaning. maybe my own answer. I had an ortho surgery to shorten lower jaw at time of braces installation in late teens. lower jaw underbite. upper had deficiency due to mouth...

by User avatar useful llama

What causes recurring tiny white heads with hard sand-like cores and redness around the lip line?

What causes reaccuring tiny white heads with hard sand like cores and redness around lip line? If I mess with them they can blister. Plus my bottom lip swells of and on

by User avatar expert ram

Chromogenic Bacteria stain on teeth

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Hi I have a stain on my teeth due to the presence of Chromogenic Bacteria and I have to go to the dentist monthly to remove it - it is very expensive. Could you suggest any alternative to getting this stain permanently removed? I believe the stain may be due to the interaction of iron with the...

by User avatar Guest

Fordyce spots on lips - Use Tretinoin!

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I have read numerous posts on solutions people have tried to remove white fordyce spots from their lips. I have had zero success with these suggestions until I stumbled upon a post that mentioned the use Tretinoin. The reason that word was familiar to me was because my dermatologist wrote me a...

by User avatar Phoenix1901151920