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A 33-year old asked:
Might dental hygienist use a dental drill?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Accidental cut by a dental drill during a filling procedure, im scared about hepatitis and aids?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Accidental cut under tongue at the dental office by a dental drill! should I be concerned about any infection? Im freaking out
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A 59-year old female asked:
If dental drill enter in gum or toung.It cause any viral infection .if it is not proper sterilized?
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A 42-year old asked:
Might a dental hygienist drill your teeth or give you fillings?
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A 26-year old male asked:
HELP PLEASE white thick coating in mouth after dentist placed a pivot inside one of my molars that he drilled (dental implant) the white coat some of it can easily be removed with teeth and it has a powdery consistency.. should i be worried?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Accidental cut during by the drill under tonge in the dental office, im scared about hepatitis or aids..What are the chances?
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A 59-year old male asked:
How much depth surface is drilled off from an adult's natural front tooth (vs. All of it to gumline for a crown) to accommodate for a dental veneer?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the most commonly used local anasthesic in the united states for dental surgery such as the drilling of cavities or root canals?
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A 28-year old male asked:
My dentist made a visible scratch behind front tooth by mistake with the drill 4 months ago. Now I have a mild pain. What dental job is required next?
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A 69-year old male asked:
For first time ever my dental hygienist used a high speed drill while cleaning my teeth (very stress inducing). Is this permitted in Florida?
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A 62-year old male asked:
Will I definitely need a new dental crown after the endodontist does root canal retreatment by drilling thru the center top of the existing crown?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Is dental cleaning /scaling (done by drill like thing in office) is good or bad for teeth. Is it true that it weakens the teeth by removing layer. ?
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A 44-year old asked:
How does one remove dental caries without using the dentist drill?
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A member asked:
The dental assistance said i might need to drill two back teeth to get fillings why? I went to the dentist the other day and the dental assistance checked out my teeth and said that two back teeth were sticky and would probably need to be drilled and fill
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A 61-year old male asked:
Why will dental implant placement surgery take 2 full hours just to do 2 molar implants? Is there drilling into the jawbone for 2 hours?
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A 61-year old male asked:
I suppose I will expect a lot of deep involved drilling into my jaw bone when 2 dental implants get placed where teeth roots already missing, or not?
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A 26-year old male asked:
White thick coating in mouth 8 hours after dentist placed a pivot inside one of my molars that he drilled (dental implant) should i be worried? i am on antibiotics too - could that be the reason?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Are teeth that are beginning to get soft spots actual cavities that need to be drilled and filled?
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A 39-year old asked:
I can't breathe while a dentist uses a drill on my teeth, what should I do?
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A male asked:
Hello doc. I am 30 years old. I have protruding front teeth. Does it make sense to drill it down and cap it?
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A 20-year old female asked:
If a dentist did not replace the dental tools with sterilized tools before the dentist drilled my tooth, can I get hepatitis C ? Is it likely?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Are root canals done differently on teeth with old cavities? Hows the procedure done? Does the dentist cut my tooth in half or drill a hole? Then what
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A 26-year old female asked:
Prescribed medrol pak cuz after wisdom teeth cuz they had to drill pretty far. I know it can reduce swelling. Can it also speed up healing?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Went to the dentist to get fillings as he was doing my teeth the thing he was drilling the tooth with fail on the ground he picked it up after a 2minute sprayed it and wiped it I said something to him and he said its fine should he have changed tool?
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A member asked:
I had a permanent bridge on 9, 10, and 11 teeth. I had to have a root canal on 11. Then dentist (endro) told me he would drill underneath just like a cavety. When he finished, he had cut the tooth in half, now I have 9, 10, as regular teeth and 11 as a
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A 47-year old female asked:
Can my bridge be damaged if a root treatment is to be performed the dentist wants to drill through the bridge as I have an abcess front teeth?
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A male asked:
Wisdom teeth removal. Tongue is yellow and tastes similar to when a dentist drills your teeth. Tongue is also taking the shape of my teeth?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Wisdom teeth (right up & low) extracted on 8th Apr by surgeon drilling lower jaw. 12 days over, lockjaw, hard lump on lower jaw & possibly pus (salty)?
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A member asked:
Do I have an infection in my wisdom tooth spot? I got my bottom wisdom teeth taken out about a month ago and my cheek/jaw is swollen again (kinda look chipmunky)- there was some extra pulling and drilling during the operation on that side and it's been a
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