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2008-10-06 Dentistry - Cheek Pain: Cara - Without being able to examine you it is a little difficult for me to be sure what is causing the pain, but if the cause is muscular, the best approach to alleviate the pain is to do the following...
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2008-10-05 Oral Surgery - Wisdom Tooth Pain: Jess - First of all, if the doctors are skilled, the wisdom tooth can definitely be removed even with the infection associated with the tooth. As far as relief of pain, until the infection can begin...
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2008-10-05 Dentistry - class 3 underbite: It's a bit early for orthodontic treatment. I would suggest you consider an early orthodontic evaluation at age 5. Meantime, consider if this is a familial pattern going back several generations on either...
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2008-10-05 Dentistry - PERMANENT BRIDGE/GUM RECESSION: Dear LAURA, No-- there is no effective way to hide an exposed margin caused by gum recession on a fixed bridge, other than to make a new bridge. The necessity of doing so would depend on just how...
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2008-10-05 Dentistry - alveolar nerve damage: Norrie - After the mandibuler nerve is injured due to a fracture, it is first of all imperative that the surgery try to align the bony segments as much as possible. With the plates used, it sounds like...
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