I had a fall two years ago, resulting in my tooth chipping off. My dentist filled it up (but I remember him drilling it before he did). I'm at college abroad right now (in CT, USA) and my health plan doesn't cover dental services. I know it can really expensive to schedule dental fillings but I won't be going home (where I have dental insurance) for another five months. I can feel a gaping hole in my tooth and my tongue can't feel the end of it - it's like a hole within a hole. There is no pain whatsoever. It would be great if I could wait until I went home, but if my tooth was in danger of rotting and causing me much pain before then, I would rather get it filled. (Even though I can't quite afford it) Should I get it filled or should I wait till I go home? If I do get it filled here, how much will the overall cost be (roughly)? Thanks!
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5 months is way too long to wait, even if you placed some store bought temporary filling material in it. All hell could break loose in this time. See a dentist very soon and explain your situation to him. He will be able to do the most conservative treatment on the tooth so that is will not degenerate and be okay until you get back home and can have it fixed cheaper. good luck.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Bottom of molar turning black but I brush my teeth... what the heck?
I dont understand. I brush my teeth twice a day. I dont floss like I should but many people dont and dont end up with their tooth decaying. On the other side a piece of my crown and actual tooth broke off but since I had a root canal it doesnt hurt. Im not trashy and brush my teeth. I NEVER drink cokes or other carbonated drinks and my sugar intake is very limited. I only chew sugar-free gum... I dont have dental insurance because I cant afford it and I am so scared to go to a dental school for reduced cost/free dental work because my brother had really bad results. My dad had really bad teeth - is this genetic? Help! Also, is there a way to keep the decay from spreading til I can get in to see a dentist?
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.disease get checked out
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.disease get checked out
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my alcholic spouse and me?
my husband and i have been toghether for 4 years and married for a year and a half. but out of the 3 1/2 years that we have been together my husband has been drinking. recently it has gotten a lot worse. there was one time i was working and he actually hit my sister when she was here helping us out with child care. and then i was on a vacation and then he was slapping me arround and when i asked him to stop because it really hurt he wouldn't stop and he didn't show any emotion and then i tryed to get away he pulled my legs out from underneath me. i have beged him to go and get help and to quit drinking but he wont. he absolutly refuses to do so. and his job dosn't help any. his job encourges him to go out and drink like there is nothing wrong with it. but the hitting part only happend once but he is more emotional and mental abusive which the things he says makes me stay because of how i grew up with my mother and my abusive step father beat in my head that i was nothing and that i would grow up to be nothing. which makes me kind of curl up my tail and take it because thats basicly all i know. i have two little boys and my oldest is 3 and he sees what his daddy dose and i have actually seen him ball up his fist and draw back his arm to his little brother which is only a year and a half and i know i got to get out of my situation get out start a new life and raise my boys on my own. on the other hand i am about 8 weeks pregnat no job. how am i going to get out on my own and support my kids and have another baby. he always throws threats at me and i tell myself that maybe he will change and get help but i already know he wont. he is just telling me what i want to hear so i will shut up about it. i just don't know what to do anymore. i have had thoughts that if i don't get out i might kill myself because of where i am but i don't because i know that GOD is there and that he is helping me threw this but how and when. and that i can't leave my boys with this man how would they turn up. he wont put me on his health insurance. he wont put his kids on his health insurance. he has me on his dental insurance but that only covers 1000 dollars a year and due to my pregnacys i have had decalsifitation with my teeth. so now i don't have my four front teeth. he wants me to work and then he dosen't want me to work. if i work he wants me to work and then come home and do everything arround the house. he dosen't like to be left with the kids even if i have to go to the store. i have to take them with me, when i come home from work i got to get the boys up and get them ready for child care myself because he throws a fit if he has to do it. he gose out all the time with friends from work and i am stuck at home i have no friends. i go no where. i have high risk hpv (very possibly i got it from him since i found out he cheated on me before we got married and i didn't know about it till after words) and he still wont do anything about putting me on his health insureance. what do i do. is there places i can call or go to help me threw this or am i just stuck???
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No you are not stuck, just leave! You have given him lots of chances to sort himself out and he has failed! You can't even get your teeth fixed because of him? No, it's time for your great walk into the light girl. From what you said in your question I guess you are in U.S.A? Don't know how the law works over there. In England we have refuges where victims of domestic violence can go to be housed and kept safe, you must have the equivalent in America? Take your kids and run like hell. Any poverty and hardship you have to go through to escape this situation must be worth it. Don't get that beaten down and depressed that you feel that leaving the kids with him is your only option. It isn't! Get you and your kids away from this nasty man. Do you want them to grow up thinking this is the way to be?
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No you are not stuck, just leave! You have given him lots of chances to sort himself out and he has failed! You can't even get your teeth fixed because of him? No, it's time for your great walk into the light girl. From what you said in your question I guess you are in U.S.A? Don't know how the law works over there. In England we have refuges where victims of domestic violence can go to be housed and kept safe, you must have the equivalent in America? Take your kids and run like hell. Any poverty and hardship you have to go through to escape this situation must be worth it. Don't get that beaten down and depressed that you feel that leaving the kids with him is your only option. It isn't! Get you and your kids away from this nasty man. Do you want them to grow up thinking this is the way to be?
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Need etiquette answer fast!!!!?
I was supposed to have a friend over today in 2 hours, but my other friend, a dental hygienist in training just called and she asked if I can come today ( i was supposed to come on monday but i had to cancel)... it's her last day before vacation. It would be really good for me to go in today because my dental insurance expires at the end of august, and if i wait till her vacation is over my dental insuracne will be close to expiring... and i have to go to the dentist when she is done with me. I called the friend that was supposed to come over but she's sleeping adn i left a message to call me back. The hygienist is calling me back in 10 min. Is it rude to cancel on the friend supposed to be coming over? How should i handle this? Need answers fast plz!!!!
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Take care of your health first. If it is an actual FRIEND, they would be upset if you put off a health-related appointment just because you were afraid of being rude and cancelling.
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Take care of your health first. If it is an actual FRIEND, they would be upset if you put off a health-related appointment just because you were afraid of being rude and cancelling.
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Dentist tooth cleaning appointment, I have a flouride question...?
I have dental insurance, every 6 months I've had my teeth cleaned, and never recieved a bill for the past 3 years. Now I had to switch to a new dentist and they want to charge me $41 for fluoride, I did check my insurance and that is about right. Question 1. Do I need to have the fluoride? apparantly Fluoride is the "rinse and spit" portion of the cleaning, it is $440 but insurance pays most of it except for the $41 Question 2: is there fluoride you can buy at drugstore that is just as effective and not $41.
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I'd pass on the rinse and spit fluoride treatment. It's not very effective and, if a dentist is going to have you take a fluoride treatment for $41, it should be done with a gel and trays. If you're just going to rinse and spit, use something from the drug or grocery store.....not as strong as what you'd get at a dental office but, over the long run, will work almost as good as you are using it every day.
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I'd pass on the rinse and spit fluoride treatment. It's not very effective and, if a dentist is going to have you take a fluoride treatment for $41, it should be done with a gel and trays. If you're just going to rinse and spit, use something from the drug or grocery store.....not as strong as what you'd get at a dental office but, over the long run, will work almost as good as you are using it every day.
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Should I have these wisdom teeth removed?
Hi guys, Yeah I am twenty four and still have em! Back in 2005 I went to an oral surgeon and he suggested that I have all four removed because of possible crowding and shifting of the teeth. I vetoed the idea because I was leaving for India in two weeks-glad I did, stomach problems, pollution and dry sockets---no thanks. Here we are again, this time I am leaving for Japan in a month and yet again the dentist is recomending they come out---but it seems to me that here in the US they *always* recommend they come out. Is it me or did previous generations/other cultures not bother themselves with this? I am in no pain and really don't have the desire to be. All the same though, right now I have dental insurance and with my company in Japan will have medical but not dental. To take out my cavites, extract a bum root canal and four extractions would be about 240$--not too bad. At the same time I have only 2k saved for my first month in Japan sans paycheck (will be adding another 800.00 to that.) I am not sure if I take the risk and leave them in, or just harden the f*ck up and get everything taken out. Please share your ideas and experiences. Thanks If anyone knows about the state of Japanese dental care and/or how much a Eikaiwa teacher needs to bring, please chime in
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My old dentist would tell me I should have them removed every time I saw her. I went to someone new, and he told me that I have plenty of room for them and as long as they don't hurt, they're fine. I'm also 24, and I plan on leaving them in unless I end up getting a cavity. Many dentists tell you you need more work than you actually need, just so they can get more money from you.
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My old dentist would tell me I should have them removed every time I saw her. I went to someone new, and he told me that I have plenty of room for them and as long as they don't hurt, they're fine. I'm also 24, and I plan on leaving them in unless I end up getting a cavity. Many dentists tell you you need more work than you actually need, just so they can get more money from you.
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my alcholic spouse and me?
my husband and i have been toghether for 4 years and married for a year and a half. but out of the 3 1/2 years that we have been together my husband has been drinking. recently it has gotten a lot worse. there was one time i was working and he actually hit my sister when she was here helping us out with child care. and then i was on a vacation and then he was slapping me arround and when i asked him to stop because it really hurt he wouldn't stop and he didn't show any emotion and then i tryed to get away he pulled my legs out from underneath me. i have beged him to go and get help and to quit drinking but he wont. he absolutly refuses to do so. and his job dosn't help any. his job encourges him to go out and drink like there is nothing wrong with it. but the hitting part only happend once but he is more emotional and mental abusive which the things he says makes me stay because of how i grew up with my mother and my abusive step father beat in my head that i was nothing and that i would grow up to be nothing. which makes me kind of curl up my tail and take it because thats basicly all i know. i have two little boys and my oldest is 3 and he sees what his daddy dose and i have actually seen him ball up his fist and draw back his arm to his little brother which is only a year and a half and i know i got to get out of my situation get out start a new life and raise my boys on my own. on the other hand i am about 8 weeks pregnat no job. how am i going to get out on my own and support my kids and have another baby. he always throws threats at me and i tell myself that maybe he will change and get help but i already know he wont. he is just telling me what i want to hear so i will shut up about it. i just don't know what to do anymore. i have had thoughts that if i don't get out i might kill myself because of where i am but i don't because i know that GOD is there and that he is helping me threw this but how and when. and that i can't leave my boys with this man how would they turn up. he wont put me on his health insurance. he wont put his kids on his health insurance. he has me on his dental insurance but that only covers 1000 dollars a year and due to my pregnacys i have had decalsifitation with my teeth. so now i don't have my four front teeth. he wants me to work and then he dosen't want me to work. if i work he wants me to work and then come home and do everything arround the house. he dosen't like to be left with the kids even if i have to go to the store. i have to take them with me, when i come home from work i got to get the boys up and get them ready for child care myself because he throws a fit if he has to do it. he gose out all the time with friends from work and i am stuck at home i have no friends. i go no where. i have high risk hpv (very possibly i got it from him since i found out he cheated on me before we got married and i didn't know about it till after words) and he still wont do anything about putting me on his health insureance. what do i do. is there places i can call or go to help me threw this or am i just stuck???
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No you are not stuck, just leave! You have given him lots of chances to sort himself out and he has failed! You can't even get your teeth fixed because of him? No, it's time for your great walk into the light girl. From what you said in your question I guess you are in U.S.A? Don't know how the law works over there. In England we have refuges where victims of domestic violence can go to be housed and kept safe, you must have the equivalent in America? Take your kids and run like hell. Any poverty and hardship you have to go through to escape this situation must be worth it. Don't get that beaten down and depressed that you feel that leaving the kids with him is your only option. It isn't! Get you and your kids away from this nasty man. Do you want them to grow up thinking this is the way to be?
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No you are not stuck, just leave! You have given him lots of chances to sort himself out and he has failed! You can't even get your teeth fixed because of him? No, it's time for your great walk into the light girl. From what you said in your question I guess you are in U.S.A? Don't know how the law works over there. In England we have refuges where victims of domestic violence can go to be housed and kept safe, you must have the equivalent in America? Take your kids and run like hell. Any poverty and hardship you have to go through to escape this situation must be worth it. Don't get that beaten down and depressed that you feel that leaving the kids with him is your only option. It isn't! Get you and your kids away from this nasty man. Do you want them to grow up thinking this is the way to be?
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