Dentistry

WHY do all UPPER partial dentures have to be so BIG
All the partial dentures I see for the upper mouth look like 1959 Lincolns. My problem with them is the big upper thing that hits the roof of my mouth like this one: http://www.scrimpshire.com/images/Valplastpartial.jpg Are there any partial dentures for the upper mouth like this one? http://www.de... 19 Dec 2005 15:17

I Totally Avoided Gum Disease...
Hi, I am new here, but I see a lot of discussion searching for a solution to gum disease. Thought you would like to hear about my solution. Here is how I wrote about it recently to my friends and relatives: I have had one tremendous health success recently: my Periodontist who did gum surgery on me over 15 ye... 27 Dec 2005 02:05

Question about the crown that us made of metal but made on the golden post.
I have a crown that I believe is a Porcelain-fused-to-metal crown. The metal is some kind of of non-gold alloy used by most dentists. My dentist recently replaced the post that holds this crown and put in a golden post. Question: I heard that the fact that the post if made of gold and the crown is done using som... 17 Dec 2005 17:33

I love my amalgam fillings
I have had them for decades and I love them. Never felt better in my life either. Its too bad there are those that believe their long standing organic problems were caused by an amalgam. Take out the amalgam (j..d...) and they are just as insane as they ever were. ... 17 Dec 2005 20:38

about that free travel vouchers....
The cost of travel are mosly escalating that's why im glad that this polident promo was posted somewhere in here. I even checked out www.polident.com for infos and I found out that this is authentic. Has anyone heard about it? ... 16 Dec 2005 06:19

Live molar 'root' poking through gum
Good day, I've searched and searched on this subject to no avail - I'll try to keep this short. A few weeks ago, I woke up with a sore gum and tongue - right beside my last molar (I've never had wisdom teeth). The next day, my molar started to hurt when I bit down on something, and the gum was quite sensitiv... 3 Jan 2006 12:59

Any connection between periodontitis and chronic pancreatitis?
I have both ... My hypothesis: Chronic pancreatitis -----> Malabsorption -----> Periodontitis Plausible? ... 19 Dec 2005 11:35

What lies ahead?
I am frightened of dentists. Just despise that drilling sound/vibration of the slow drill.... among other things. so, needless to say, not only was I blessed with 2 parents that have God Awful teeth, I avoid the dentist. Recipe for disaster, right? Here's what's going on now - 3 teeth have broken off at the gumli... 15 Dec 2005 21:05

zoom whitening
Is the zoom whitening system really worth the extra cost? I have a crown on one of my front teeth, and if I get the zoom whitening, then I would need to re-crown that one to match the color of the whitening. So essentially I would be paying for the zoom whitening system plus a crown. What do you think? ... 14 Dec 2005 13:20

Some Can't Stand To Face the Truth
Regardless what the "charter" says, your not going to do very well around here by posting materials from other groups into this group Joel did it ALL THE TIME! Get off of your high horse Tim! Over the years, there has been discussion about modifying the original charter but, as a group, they never felt... 14 Dec 2005 14:54