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Dentistry
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
MRG: Sounds like median rhomboid glossitis which is basically a yeast infection. See your dentist for final diagnosis and if it is you will be prescribed ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Good medicine: To make sure you don;t have a lymphoma or other serious disease.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Tubes: The eustation tubes empty in the back of your throat. Their purpose is to regulate pressure in the inner ear. When you swallow you are hearing the e... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Yeast: Often times when we are immunocompromised, yeast infections can occur in our mouths, especially the tongue. If you can clean it off just keep doing t... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Abcess: It's most likely from the abcess. It's very serious. Get the tooth taken care of
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Omfs: You need to see a dentist or oral surgeon . The hole should be repaired and you may need to be treated for infection.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Not likely: Chewing gum usually stimulates saliva secretion which actually will neutralize acid.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Papilloma: It is probably a papilloma or a fibroma
papillomas are viral and usually rough shaped
fibromas usually come from trauma and are smooth.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Not dry socket: There are several things that this could be:
1- Gelfoam - a resorbable material we use to minimize bleeding.
2 - Plaque on the blood clot - use gentl... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Hematoma: It is either a hematoma or a mucocele. A hematoma occurs when you damage a small vein and it leaks into the surrounding tissue. A mucocele occurs wh... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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GERD: The two most common causes of this are:
gerd - gastroesophogealrefluxdisease where acid comes back up from your stomach and
another possibility... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Laser treatment: There are many ointment sold to alleviate the symptoms of these types of ulcers. May combine steroids with a numbing agent and are available with pre... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Muscle spasms: Often times when the mouth is held open for a long time during a procedure the muscles that control the jaw movements go into spasm and hurt very much... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Anxiety: Diazepam works well for many patients but it must be used correctly and someone must accompany you . Talk to your dentist about the other forms of se... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Yes: The relationship though is between dental health and playing soccer. I've seen many teeth injured during soccer . The more serious concern is concus... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Could be TMJ related: If a dry socket is ruled out and the pain is generalized, you could be experiencing myofascial pain dysfunction which basically means that the mucsles... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Get to a dentist: You will not alleviate the pain by taking otc medications. You need to get to a dentist asap. It sounds like you need root canal therapy or an extra... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: It is possible that an abcessed tooth can cause lymphadenopathy in the cervical region. It is also possible that, if your neck pain is related to str... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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GERD: Could very like be caused by gastric reflux. Please see your md for further evaluation. There are ways to treat this problem and make life much bett... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
Thrush: The most common cause for what you describe is candidiasis or thrush. It is a yeast infection that can be treated quite easily.
If you are a high... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Yes and no: While i'm sure that amc veneers are the treatment used on many celebrities, they are a brand name from a specific laboratory. There are many other fi... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Black tooth: If the tooth has on old amalgam ( silver) filling, the silver can leach into the tooth when it oxidizes and this will turn the tooth black. He may a... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Its very possible: Hopefully yo are being treated with ananti-fungal such as Nystatin or some other med.
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A 70-year-old female asked:
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Recheck in 2 weeks: i would have you back in two weeks to make sure they are gone
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A 57-year-old male asked:
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Sinus infection: It is very important to have the correct diagnosis in a case like this because a tooth infection can cause sinus pain but a sinus infection can also c... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Ask patient to get t: Get the patient to get a blood test for HIV , etc at your cost and you should be tested too
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A 50-year-old male asked:
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Possibly: clindamycin can be harsh on the GI tract.. Ask doc for something else or at least don't take it on an empty stomach
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Varies widely: from 150 to 500+ DEPENDING ON THE tooth and the difficulty and the dentist
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
Dehydrated: You may be dehydrated. Drink plenty of fluids and it should make you feel better
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Probably: What you describe sounds very common and within normal . Take the pain meds the dentist gave you and GENTLY keep it rinsed with warm salt water. Be ... Read More
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A male asked:
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4 weeks is safe. : The tissue here is very fragile and in a place where the act of chewing and biting into food causes shearing forces that could tear the flap and cause... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
absolutely. I would try to avoid the extraction sites when chewing
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Are you asking about the long term effectiveness or how long the vaccine is good for in storage?
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Thats a little silly - If they need fillings a proper one will include post sealing of the margins. Definintely would not pay extra for them
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Abscess?: It could be an infection. You need an X-ray and dental exam
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Probably ok: It’s probably ok but call your dentist
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A 47-year-old male asked:
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Thats a bit low. I would monitor it every 15 min and go to ER if it continues to drop
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
Dentistry 37 years experience
used denture repairs what is the question?
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Are you overweight with a big belly. I find that a lot of time the belly blows out a large portion of the air in your lungs and may cause this, Is i... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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See a doctor: There may or may not be a correlation between the tongue and your stomach. One possibility is gerd of gastroesophogealrefluxdisease where acid from t... Read More
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A member asked:
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Patience: Because you havent waited long enough. It takes a while for the acetaminaphine to destroy the kidneys. You have been lucky so far. If your are seri... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Raymond Traveranswered
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Trauma?: If he was doing it for a long time he probably had a rash from rubbing his face against your pubic hair or stubble. His tonge was rubbing on his bott... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Edge of the extracti: Most likely it is the edge of the extraction siteand the gingiva has been lacerated exposing the bone itself. Most times it heals but sometimes it ha... Read More
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Tori: Is it hard? If so it is probably a torus. No concern unless it gets too big. If soft, get it checked.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Possible allergy: I assume you are taking an antibiotic for the H pylori infection. A rash and hives is a sign of allergy. Take 50 mg Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and s... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Laser: I have very good success treating canker sores with my lasers. Usually a single treatment renders them painless. They also tend mot to come back as ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Until healed: Keep rinsing until the holes are healed.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Several things: Most common is trauma - biting the tongue
others include:
macroglossia or overly large tongue - similar to trama
cancer
candidiasis
p... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Dentistry 37 years experience
Canker sores: A common ulcer of the mouth is the apthous ulcer or canker sore. They are usually small circular lesions with a white center and a red outline. They... Read More
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Dont be: Thsi is what we do. Don't be embarrassed. Be excited be the prospect of a great smile.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! thanks! yes I did mean abcess, spellcheck did that. it is still swelling larger around 18 and 19. im going back to the dentist in the morning. the pain is unbearable!
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Did you read the post, that the other Doctors left? Please tell me what is wrong with me. Thank you, for your time.
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Your answer was very helpful, thanks! I have not had that checked out, but I will make sure to very soon
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Virginia Commonweath University School of Dentistry
Graduated 1986MD
Awards
Excellence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1986
Excellence in Oral Pathology amd Oral Medicine 1986
Most Influential, Third Place, Albany, NY - Winter
2013
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