Excellent Dental Bonding

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

I need some dental bonding done of my front tooth. I tripped and chipped the tooth on some cement. When I went to my dentist for a consultation, he did a mock up for me. I was so glad I did that before agreeing to the procedure. The bonding looked quite dull and yellow compared to my natural toot
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How easy is it to detect a cracked tooth when reading an x-ray?

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

How easy is it to see a cracked tooth from an x-ray? After having two full mouth x-rays from two different dental offices within a month apart, neither set of x-rays detected my cracked tooth. Then I went to another dental office for a third opinion, and that dentist referred me to an Endodontist
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Can my dental bonded teeth be whitened?

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Dr. Hurley,

My two front teeth have were bonded about 13 years ago, and now they should be replaced. And unfortunately I don’t have the money to do this right now. From what I understand, bleaching doesn’t change color to bonding. But can I at least bleach the bonding back to its origi
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Will antibiotics help my tooth infection?

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Dr. Hurley,

About four years ago, I had a root canal. I never had the cap or filling put in, because I lost my job. Since then, I’ve been using a store bought filling. There have been times I’ve gone without the filling for a few days or so, and now it feels like I have an infections.
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What is the best method for fixing my crooked tooth?

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Dr. Hurley,

I’ve been searching for a good dentist to straighten my crooked tooth. My tooth next to my right front tooth is crooked and pushed back. I know there are a couple options, braces or possibly Invisalign, but I’m not sure which I would be a good candidate for. Are there
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Can my son get a fever from a tooth infection?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

My son’s dentist told me that infections in mouths can’t cause fevers. Is this correct? Can you please tell me if this is or is not true? This dentist did not want to take the time to explain why or why not.

Sincerely, Becky from Tulsa

Dear Becky,

It seems that there
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