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I have discomfort in my composite filling. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I recently did my composite filling. The white part of the filling looks like something is stuck on it and gives the same feeling. It does not look normal, and it also irritates. Please help. Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query, and I can understand your concern. I am a maxillofacial surgeon. I will be answering you shortly. I hope this will help you. Thank you. Read Full »
Will the composite dental bonding in my teeth last a lifetime?
Query: Hello doctor, I want to ask whether composite dental bonding is durable or if I bite a mutton stew or chicken leg piece, it will come out? Is it for a lifetime? If it dismantles anyway, is it freely replaceable or I need to pay again? Also, I have heard that laser treatment leads to early fall of a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I had gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Yes, you can eat whatever you want to eat, there is no issue of chewing. Make sure you do not eat any hard substance for the first 24 hours. After that, you can eat mutton or chicken anytime. Better is to ... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, This happened this evening. I just need some guidance on what I can use to hold this crown together until I see the dentist. It is the front teeth, so if I open my mouth, the view will not be pleasant. I am currently taking Propranolol 60 mg daily. Please help. Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Upon review, I think it is a tooth fracture. Please provide me with pictures or more details of presenting the complaint. Elaborately these are to be done. a) Tooth fracture if front teeth can be restored with composite. You can preserve the fractured segment of the to... Read Full »
My tooth feels strange, but I am not in pain. What could be wrong?
Query: Hi, doctor. My tooth feels strange. It does not pain, but I can feel something that is making me worried. I am now in a foreign nation and do not have dental insurance because it is not prevalent in this country. I am lost on what to do, so please assist me. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Upon review, the following findings were discovered, it might be related to a chipped anterior tooth, tooth sensitivity, or any deposited plaque, stains, or calculus. If the strange feeling is caused by lower mandibul... Read Full »
How can I fix the tooth sharpness after dental bonding?
Query: Hello doctor, I am not satisfied with dental bonding done on the front left tooth. Enamel was removed to make room for the composite resin and the enamel is now too thin and feels sharp to the tongue's touch because of this. Shape and feel is not consistent with the natural front right tooth. Is th... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. According to your query, I believe it will be easy to solve that problem you have, just a little bit of enamel sharpness or roughness can usually come from a previous bonded composite filling done especially at anterior teeth. So at that time, you should go to a cosmeti... Read Full »
Why is there a gap between my two front teeth?
Query: Hello doctor, I just recently had an RCT and crown placed on the upper front tooth. Now, there is a gap between my two front teeth. Can the crown be adjusted now? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. After capping, it is very difficult to adjust the crown because it may lead to misalignment of the crown with respect to occlusion. There is another method by which you can close the gap between tooth like composite filling between tooth leaving the cervical area or ... Read Full »
Timeframe for closing the front teeth gap without braces?
Query: Hello doctor, Is there a way to close the gap between the two front teeth without braces, and if so, how long would it take? Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. If the gap is very mild, we can go for a composite build-up which will be done in a single appointment. Even appliances with a split labial bow or finger springs can be used. But we need to clinically examine you along with X-rays like OPG (orthopantomography) and la... Read Full »
Can the gap between my front teeth be corrected?
Query: Hello doctor, I want to know what can be done to get my teeth in proper alignment as there is a gap between two teeth. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have been through your query and I can understand your concern. If you have a gap between the front teeth only, then the condition is called as midline diastema. It can be treated orthodontically as well as with conservative management (operative dentistry). In oper... Read Full »
My tooth is sensitive and painful after getting a filling. How to treat it?
Query: Hi doctor, Recently, I got a new filling (white), and the dentist removed my old silver ones. Now, my tooth is sensitive, and I feel like air going up and down on the tooth. I am getting pain whenever I bite down. Why? What is wrong here? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. There will be definitely some sensitivity felt after the replacement of old silver fillings to new tooth colored ones. There is a micro shrinkage that happens after the white material is placed into the old and refined cavity. This is the physics behind your sensitivity... Read Full »
Does bracket replacement cause pieces of tooth to come out?
Query: Hello doctor,I had a bracket replaced this morning, and I think he put some stuff on my tooth. I do not know what it was, but now my tooth is coming out in pieces. Is that normal? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Brackets are placed on the tooth using composite material, which is also white in color. We place the composite on the base of the bracket and put it onto the tooth, and excess composite flows out through the sides of the bracket from between the base of the bracket an... Read Full »