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My dentist tap my teeth with instrument few times ,what for treatment is done? should i return back to her?
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Percussion: I am assuming that your dentist is checking for sensitivity on percussion. You would need to ask her why she did that. As for going back to her, why not?
Answered 1/26/2018
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