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I am experiencing numbness and pain post-tooth removal
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 20-year-old female. My height is 5'5" and my weight is 140 lbs. I experience mild numbness and sharp pain where the wisdom tooth was removed two years ago, thereby making it hard to eat. Why is this happening? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Possible reasons for the numbness and sharp pain could be: Any root fragment leftover while removing the tooth. b) Damage to the second molar tooth (tooth just before the wisdom tooth) during the process of surgical removal. c) Cavities (decay) in the upper wisdo... Read Full »
Why do I have a water bubble under my tongue?
Query: Hello doctor, I have had swollen glands for a few months now. I have seen an ENT doctor for the same. He ran a blood test and it came back normal. He told me give it a month and they should go down. They have not gone down or grown. Before going to the ENT doctor, I also visited a dentist and got to... Read Full »
Answer: Hi , Welcome to icliniq.com. The swollen gland can be due to the infected molar. An infected tooth also can cause swollen glands in the neck. The swollen glands will subside only if the infection site is cleared. Get it treated as soon as possible. Visit the dentist, get an x-ray (IOPA - Intraoral P... Read Full »
I had a filling done on my left upper first molar tooth, which is extremely painful sometimes. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 20-year-old, and a year ago, I had a filling done on my left upper first molar tooth. It was sensitive for a couple of weeks, but then I was fine. Six months later, I was in excruciating pain that was throbbing and achy. After a week, it was back to normal. Then, after another ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. I think you urgently need to take an X-ray of the tooth. Sometimes even the already restored teeth get further infected due to leakage or food lodgement. This develops sensitivity and pain. The pain will be felt only when that specific pulp... Read Full »
Is trismus normal after wisdom teeth removal?
Query: Hi doctor, One month ago, I had all four wisdom teeth removed. Recently I begin to have stiff feelings near the areas of extracted teeth, heart palpitations, difficulty in breathing, burning sensation in the gums and the head. There is no pain during eating or drinking. What could be the cause for ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your symptoms look like anxiety more than a tooth issue. Yes, when we remove the third molars there can be slight tightness because the occlusion gets little deranged in case you have any one of them functional. There is no need to worry, but get some IOPA (intraoral pe... Read Full »
My daughter's incisors are yet to erupt though the milk teeth shedded before four months. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, This query is for my daughter who is 6 years and 7 months old. She lost her top primary incisor teeth (universal numbering 9) before four months. She still has not got the permanent teeth until now. She however, has lost the other three incisors and got the permanent teeth. Kindly... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you mentioned your daughter is 6 years and 7 months old. Please confirm if she has lost all her upper primary teeth or lowers where the permanent teeth have come? Other thing is if all the upper four primary incisors are gone and three have come. Generally, we n... Read Full »
Why are my teeth extremely sensitive to cold food?
Query: Hello doctor, I had my filling two years ago and it has been going well for a few months. I have had no problem with it but recently anything really cold touches it and I get a sharp pain. Hot foods cause no problem and sometimes it just hurts by itself. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It seems there are secondary caries below the loose filling. You need to get it removed as soon as possible. Replace it with a new one. With regards to your symptoms, the probable cause may be a faulty restoration. The probable diagnosis could be a reversible pulpit... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, I am 18 years old. A few days ago, I had a toothache on my molar teeth and have mobility when touched. I have a big hole in that tooth from my childhood. I guess the black circle is the vein of the tooth. I could not afford to get an implant tooth. I had pain in that tooth a year back and... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From your attached pictures (attachment removed to protect patient identity), it is clear that this tooth is decayed with loss of large crown structure. The decay has also spread to the roots. As you have mentioned, there is some mobility on touching the tooth and some ... Read Full »
Is it normal for a small wisdom tooth to be visible in my X-ray?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 18, and every year I have X-rays. I am in the 4 % that do not have wisdom teeth. Today, I was X-rayed and I suddenly have very small wisdom teeth. Every other X-ray, I did not have these teeth. I also have bone growths in my jaw. Is it normal to rapidly grow wisdom teeth? Read Full »
Dr. Mohammed Musa Alabed Nassar
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Wisdom teeth can erupt little late than usual. It depends on many factors. In some people it takes up to the age of 24, these teeth also can never erupt and stay impacted or half impacted inside the jaw bones. So for now if you do not have any complaint or problem it is n... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, While trying to disassemble a monitor, I accidentally hit myself in the face with the base of the monitor. Later, I noticed that my lateral incisor had a crack and the very top of the tooth had chipped off. Based on the research it seems like it is just a craze line. About half of the ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Looking at the picture (attachment removed to protect patient identity) and with your history, it seems that it is an impact trauma with incisal fracture. To confirm that the fracture has not extended to the root of the tooth we must do an x-ray (IOPA - intraoral periap... Read Full »
Is it normal to have pain after root canal treatment?
Query: Hello doctor, I have pain two weeks after root canal treatment. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and the attached x-ray (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Kindly let me know how long you have been facing pain post-root canal. Was it continuous after the procedure is done, or it started recently? The x-ray does not show th... Read Full »