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Can I get orthodontic treatment without getting my tooth removed?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 18 and currently have all teeth (except wisdom teeth) and braces for 10 months. My teeth are straight at this point but a few very small misalignments that will easily be fixed soon. I have an impacted tooth above my right-side second pre molar on my top row of teeth that is faci... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Actually, by book, this is the only way the Orthodontist can make your face look symmetrical. Ideally, only four teeth are extracted as described by your dentist on each side of the jaw in crowded teeth but unfortunately, your fifth one is impacted so it has to go too. ... Read Full »
Can my tooth with a vertical fracture be saved?
Query: Hello doctor, I believe I have broken my right side molar in half vertically. The left side is very loose and I cannot bare any pressure without significant pain. What is the best course of action without insurance and can the tooth be saved? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If the broken part is not causing much pain, try to eat something sticky like wet dates or eclairs type candy or chocolate so the broken part gets removed through it and then follow this antibiotic regime for three days. Tablet Augmentin (Amoxicillin + Clavulanic acid) ... Read Full »
I have had an on-and-off toothache for the past two months. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, For the past two months, I have had on and off toothache. My gum sometimes hurt. There is a decay where I had broken a tooth and it has just chipped away over the years, is sore as well. I have been taking a lot of Ibuprofen. Is my life going to be in possible jeopardy? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If you are not allergic to following medicines, immediately start taking it. Tablet Augmentin 625 mg twice a day for five days, tablet Metronidazole 400 mg twice a day for five days, tablet Brufen 400 mg thrice a day for five days. This will cover your infection. After ... Read Full »
What can be done for tooth decay associated with pain?
Query: Hello doctor, I have tooth decay for the past five weeks and it is causing a lot of pain. Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your tooth enamel chipped off, exposing dentin and inner layers of the tooth. This might have opened root nerves too and that is why you are having pain. Start taking tablet Brufen 400 mg twice a day for three days. If the pain gets relieved by it, it means there is no... Read Full »
Why do I have intense pain after filling a tooth?
Query: Hello doctor, I had an extraction and an implant placed for tooth 13 about six weeks ago, and I am supposed to get a crown placed on the implant in about six more weeks. Sadly, apparently due to the change in my bite caused by having number 13 tooth, a bottom tooth broke through an old filling i... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for giving all appropriate history. Tooth 14 that is having intense pain is indicating for root canal treatment (attachment removed to protect patient identity). If it would be a crack deep down to root you would be having sharp pain when you bite from it, otherw... Read Full »
Will I have sensitive teeth if I get an adjacent tooth removed?
Query: Hello doctor, Six weeks ago, I had tooth #2 pulled. The healing process has been normal as described by my dentist. I am now experiencing temperature sensitivity on tooth #4, which was previously asymptomatic. Even room-temperature liquid hurts. About eight weeks ago, I had the crown on tooth #4 re... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, your tooth might be sensitive due to the extraction process that happened in the surrounding area. Keep doing saline water mouth rinses. Take a 1/4th teaspoon of salt in a cup of lukewarm water and do its rinses 3 to 4 times a day for a week. If sensitivity goes aw... Read Full »
Is extraction or RCT advisable for my 3.5-year-old child?
Query: Hello doctor, My 3.5 years old daughter's upper front four teeth have decayed very badly and our dentist has advised on either root canal treatment or taking them out. Which treatment is best suited overall for my daughter? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Go for antibiotic coverage and meanwhile get the culprit teeth extracted if it is definitely amongst the first four. These are milk teeth which will come at age of 6. Do not get them extracted together. The one or two causing severe infection should be extracted out. A... Read Full »
Why is there extended bleeding following the tooth extraction?
Query: Hello doctor, I left the dentist at 3:45 after getting a big top right molar pulled. It is still bleeding at 6:30. Is that fine? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, it is normal. Sometimes it takes 24 hours to get bleeding arrested. Just take a big pack of cotton, place it in the socket, and bite it very tightly. Keep it in this position for like 2 to 3 hours. Do not check in between. After it, remove and then have some icecre... Read Full »
Why do I have pain and sensitivity in a root canal-treated teeth?
Query: Hello doctor, I had a root canal over a year ago, had a cap put on and no problems. A month ago it was pulled off when I ate candy. It was glued back on. Yesterday, the tooth suddenly felt different. It feels sensitive when pressure is applied and sometimes it feels to be throbbing under the cap. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Throbbing pain or sensitivity in a root canal treated tooth is an indication of re-infection in it. Sometimes the nerves regenerate from the apical end and start causing infection, it may happen due to food stuck around margins of gums for a long time, etc. There are tw... Read Full »
I have a painless pulp exposed tooth. Will it get infected in future?
Query: Hello doctor, I have a tooth that is gone all the way down. So I think the pulp is exposed but I have no pain whatsoever. Is it only a matter of time before it gets infected or not? If I have no pain, it is dead right? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. According to your history, the pulp is exposed and decayed by now. It means sensations are lost and that is why you are not feeling pain in it. But it does not mean your tooth cannot get an infection now. It can get infected because of the food stuck in it can cause infec... Read Full »