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  • Breath problem

    My breath smells bad. I brush every morning and night. I mouthwash and floss every morning and night as well. Occasionally I use a water pick. I have braces, but my breath stunk before I got braces. I have no cavities please help?

  • Orthodontics and surgery

    Took my twelve year old daughter to the ortho in 2011 and was told my daughter would need jaw surgery in a few years and to meet w a surgeon. He explained that although she was a pretty girl there was only so much he could do to fix her profile...

  • 5 yr old bleeding gums, Is this normal?

    Hi, My daughter is five years old and her last visit to the dentist was about 3-4 months ago. They took a panorex and stated that her teeth were a little cramped (her baby teeth are perfect, which I know isn\'t good) and that she may need to have...

  • when is a denture the problem

    My husband got a full upper denture 3 weeks ago. He had 8 teeth pulled. He could not eat without pain until 3 days ago. However, he still cannot bite anything. His upper denture overhangs his lower front teeth in front enough that you can stick a...

  • Removing Molar - Invisalign - Overcrowding

    I have had a root canal and a crown put on one of my back bottom molars years ago. Now my dentist is saying i\'ll have to go to a specialist to see if they can save it as it has gone bad. He said I could also just go to the oral surgeon and just...

  • White lumps / hard notts behind front bottom teeth

    Hi, I have white lumps / hard notts behind front bottom teeth, can you please tell me what is happenings.

  • Overbite Jaw Hurting

    hello my daughter has an overbite she is 13 years old and she needs to wait till may 18,13 and she says her jaw is hurting really bad do you think she needs to get braces for it .

  • Face Swelling

    My face on one side swells, along with my upper eye lid and and upper lip on 5 different occasions. I have been to my alergist and i'm not having any problems on that end. Also I 've had problems shallowing while everything else is going on. My...

  • Large Hard Knot Under Jaw

    Help! I went to the dentist with an abscessed tooth 2 weeks ago. I have been on antibiotics now for 14 days. I have surgery scheduled to extract the tooth causing the problem; create a bridge; crown 4 teeth; and fill 2 cavities; however, this...

  • Black stuff

    I have braces, and im new to them and i woke up this morning and saw that i have some kind of black outline or some kind of black stuff all around my brackets… and i cant take it off..i tried to see if it would come off by using tooth picks. and i...

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