Bulimia wreaks havoc on a patient’s teeth. The stomach acid eats away at the enamel, and if these purge events are happening frequently, the enamel can be entirely dissolved away.
There is an excellent page that explains the dental and emotional complications of bulimia by a colleagu
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I’m hoping you can help me. I have two teeth darker than my other teeth. One has bonding on it and the other one a dental crown. How can I get them whiter?
Sarah D. - Idaho Falls
Sarah,
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I’m getting a new crown. My dentist said it won’t be ready for a little bit so I’ll need a temporary crown. I don’t want to pay for two of them. What is the purpose of the temporary one?
Jay J. - Fordyce, AR
There are several reasons why your dentist wa
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Hello Dr. Hurley,
My dentist is placing a crown on my right rear molar. I asked him if he could use porcelain, and he told me that the crown have to be metal or gold, because there isn’t enough space between my teeth. I thought I read somewhere that metal takes up more space than porcela
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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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