Oral and Dental Health

Bump under tooth that never came in fully

Hi, I am 23 years old and I have a hard bump that almost feels like part of a tooth that is located at the bottom gums in the middle under the sharp k-9 looking tooth lol. The tooth never came in all the way and this bump just started coming through and now it is bleeding when i brush my teeth. I...

by Guest over a year ago

Tongue & Lip Piercing Found To Cause Dental Complications

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A new study done by the Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) found that oral tissue piercings fracture teeth and increase dental complications in early adulthood and warned that teens should think twice before getting their tongue or lips pierced. About 15 to 20 % of teens who have oral...

by Heidi Miller, LDN over a year ago

Cold food tastes bitter.

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Recently, I have been having a problem with my taste buds. Once I consume a cold food, (especially water or liquids) it begins to taste bitter, as soon as it reaches the near-end of my tongue, the throat. Whether it is a sweet or sour drink, it tastes bitter. I started having this problem when I...

by Najarey Naja216594 over a year ago

"Pimple" on the tongue

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The old wives tale says it means one has told a lie. But I wonder what the real reason is. I seem to get them from time to time in the same general areas from time to time. Just back a little ways from the tip and on top but close to the side (sometimes one side, sometimes the other). They last...

by tl9139 over a year ago

my tongue is swelling bad

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i got my tongue pierced 5 days ago. i didnt know i wasnt supposed to drink and two days after i got it i was drinking. the next day wasnt too bad it was jst kinda swollen. i took ibuprofen and it kinda helped. todays the fifth day and when i woke up it was really swollen. i went to work and ate ice...

by Guest over a year ago

Blisters on Tounge

Ok so a couple days a go i bit my tounge and managed to cut the area that connects to my saliva..since then iv had a couple of painful blisters formed and not sure what to do but im kinda scared..can anyone help me?

by countrygirl over a year ago

little white spots on daughters tongue

for the last 12 hours my doughter as came down with a very high fever, she as been complaining about a pain in her mouth, thismorning we have found she as little white spots which look abit like ulsers, on her toung and inside her lips, she seems more herself this morning, what could this be or what...

by hagger over a year ago

Sour taste occurs after I sneeze or blow my nose

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Over the years I have lost my sense of smell 2 times. it came back both times. No I have a strange scenario: When I sneeze or blow my nose, everything tastes sour. It is as if something changed in my bain. It then affects my lower intestine, and I get a small dull feeling in my head? It has been...

by SherryCanary93810 over a year ago

Salt block in my mouth!

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One day, out of the blue, I experienced a salt block in my mouth! Everything I ate tasted like plain salt. Pure water tasted like ocean water. I bushed my teeth 4 or 5 times a day to try to get rid of it. I believed that because I used so much salt over my lifetime that it caught up with me....

by bbenedict over a year ago

Puss 2yrs after Root Canal & Crown

In 2006 I had a root canal & crown done on my farthest back molar. In 2007 I woke up to a painful tooth face swollen & puss oozing out of gum below the crown. I went in to see the Dentist & he told me since my occulsion was off & maybe the tooth was to high (after 10 months?) .......

by healthsp7 over a year ago