Tooth Holders...
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Holly ..
I just love these tooth holders. With a perfect pocket for those little teeth and a pretty good help for the Tooth Fairy. get them here.
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tooth problems
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Susan ..
I am still here. I am having tooth problems and pain. Bear with me for a long post coming soon.
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Cracked Tooth
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Dr. Jason Hales
When a crack extends from the occlusal (chewing) surface towards the root, we call it a cracked tooth. These cracks may be very small or very large. The crack often causes damage to the pulp of the tooth. Primary symptom of a cracked tooth is pain upon chewing. This pain may be irregular and sporadic. The depth and position of the crack determi...
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"Tooth Wisdom"
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Holly ..
My little guy is sure to lose a tooth soon... So I really want to get him the tooth fairy pillow that Holly just mentioned last week - but, thought it would be really cool to then be able to save his baby teeth in these little vials.. Go here for very easy instructions on how to make these little gems. Thanks, Wondertime for the great idea!
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Cracked Tooth?
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Dr. Jason Hales
This patient came in today complaining of pain on #31. I went through my typical diagnostics and diagnosed the tooth as: partially necrotic pulp with phoenix abscess. The patient elected to go ahead with endodontic treatment today, since she is leaving town tomorrow morning.Once I opened up the tooth, I realized that there was a crack on the dis...
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tooth hunt
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Kim C.
There's an MIA tooth somewhere in my house - I think... my 7yo lost his front tooth yesterday & then actually lost it. Thanks to the god of teeth for finally taking this one, since it had been hanging there for nearly two weeks, twisted but not quite making a break for it. Once it was out, he was so excited that he wanted to show everyone in ...
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Fractured Tooth
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Dr. Jason Hales
This patient came in today with a necrotic tooth #14. She had a draining sinus tract on the palatal and recounted a history of massive palatal swelling. Diagnostic tests found #14 Necrotic Pulp with Chronic Apical Abscess. The tooth had a MO amalgam & O amalgam. Patient also has a history of bruxism with cuspal fractures on other teeth. U...
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La Tooth
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Tricia ..
Georgia really is being a trooper about this whole "first tooth is a molar" business. What I originally thought was the whole tooth a week or two ago was just one point on a very hurt-y lookin' big guy. Two more points on the same tooth have since erupted. She has been but the teeniest bit cranky through the whole thing. I think if it ...
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Tooth Saver
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Dr. Sheila Cason
There’s a little yellow box. It’s tiny and sitting next to me at my desk. That front tooth wants to hang on a little while more. Plus Blue Eyes keeps saying, “No don’t put a string around it, attach it to a door and then slam it!”Where’d she get that?We’re still waiting.
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Tooth Fairy
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Dr. Fat D.
Nephew, age 6, recently demanded his mother tell him the truth about the Tooth Fairy. She asked him if he was really ready. Upon hearing what he already knew, he burst into loud tears. "I wanted to believe in her," he cried. A few minutes later, he told his mom that he wanted to pretend the Tooth Fairy was real, "just for anoth...
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