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Hi Dr. Teig, I contacted you a few days ago, and I forgot to ask you this. I wanted to know that when a dental office prints out digital x-rays on paper, do the x-rays look exactly like the regular film strips, or is it a lot clearer and bigger and show the problem where film strips cannot? Digital x-rays show I have a cavity while the film strips do not. If I'm going to pay for digital x-rays to be printed but yet looks like the film...

I started to get a pretty big cavity in my very front tooth, and it started making my smile icky looking, i went to my local dentist and he made it look really good he drilled out both sides of the tooth and im guessing put a filling in? in looks of a real tooth, it looks as if nothing was ever wrong with it, i went last monday and it was fine all week, and now.. a week later im in severe pain, it hurt a little yesterday and i just took an...

Hi, and thank you for taking the time to read my questions. On 11/10/09 I had a root canal done on #13, and haven't had any problems with it. On 11/16/09, I had a root canal done on #14, and have had pressure-related pain with it since the novocaine wore off. I'm fine 95% of the time, but if I press on the tooth, even biting a wet noodle, there is a severe, acute pain that subsides as soon as I release the pressure. There is no cold...

Our pediatric dentist recommended a palatal expander for our daughter (age 6), who has a crossbite. She has been very upset and balking at the idea.  We got a 2nd and 3rd opinion with orthodontists, who all agree that she will need an expander, but they gave me conflicting advice about timing. The first orthodontist recommend waiting 6 months to a couple of years as he said that there may be disadvantages to putting in an expander too...

Dr. Kaufman: I just came back from the dentist today. I took some digital x-rays and they apparently found a cavity on one of my teeth. So with that said, I took another set of x-rays a few months ago, but they were not digital. That set particularly did not detect anything wrong. Yet, this digital set does. My dentist said it's a cavity developing. My question is this...if a cavity is small enough to be detected on digital yet cannot be...

i have the problem that my left jaw had been blocked for last 1 month.I could not open my mouth.I find it difficult while eating.I visited dentist,she gave me traumeel tablets to eat and gel to apply on the jaw.The recovery is slow though improvement is there.What do u suggest?Is it serious?pls tell me Thanks Rami Answer Dear Raminder:  I'm afraid I do not know the names of the medications in your country.  Here in the...

hi my almost 3 year old daughter has chipped her front tooth several months ago she brushers her teeth every night and on the back side of her teeth on the top fronts they look some what dark colored not black and no brown when you put a flashlight on them they are yellow and its on 4 teeth and looks like a little on the 5th tooth all on the top what could this be i called her dentist he says its nothing to worrie about but im scared that her...

Hi sir, I daughter have turned 1 year old on 26th October however there is no tooth visible for her till now am anxious is it normal for baby to get there 1st tooth after 1 year or do i need to consult an doctor thanx Answer Dear Ghazala, There have been many cases i have came across in which that kind of delay in eruption (appearance of tooth) is seen. So if there are no other factors which you may find different from same age babies, no need...

Dear Dr. Spindel: I just came back from the dentist today. I took some digital x-rays and they apparently found a cavity on one of my teeth. So with that said, I took another set of x-rays a few months ago, but they were not digital. That set particularly did not detect anything wrong. Yet, this digital set does. My dentist said it's a cavity developing. My question is this...if a cavity is small enough to be detected on digital yet...

I have a quick question in regards to digital x-rays. When digital x-rays are usually printed, are they really clear and show irregularities, meaning do dentists or technicians usually zoom in to it and then print it out, or when printed, does it look exactly like the film strips? The reason I ask is because one dentist detected a problem with the digital x-rays, but another one found nothing wrong with the traditional film strips. I'm...