He explained that there was no point continuing because the crack went down to the gum line. Here's my question: I'm already in the chair and numb, why couldn't he just pull the tooth instead of packing it and sending me to a different dentist to pull. He billed and was paid for the root canal, why make me suffer longer waiting 2 weeks for an appointment for extraction?

So we took my 5 year old son to the dentist for the first time today. I had some issues with getting insurance. And he has a lot of cavities, which I was completely aware as his front teeth are pretty bad. We brush and brush. Ive cut out sugar as much as I can. Im a mother of 4 and one on the way all with my husband. And the dentist said hes never worked on teeth as bad as his and referred him to someone else. They didnt mention cps. But im so worried. I take care of my children, and im not sure how the dental stuff got so far away from me. I never went as a kid, and I suppose that I figured he was okay. Do you think the dentist will report me? Ive already called to schedule regarding the referral. I think cps wouldnt take my children from me over some cavities, and im honestly going to jump on it and get this taken care of. My babies are my world and life has just been so busy that I figured my 5yo would be okay since he isnt in pain. Our family has had several other health issues among us that I prioritized and let the dental stuff slip by me. Im in the process of having all of my children get cleanings and xrays. I had my 5yo first because his are significantly worse than the other kiddos. But he has no pain and he does brush his teeth everyday. His dad had the same issues with his front baby teeth but im not sure if that could play a part, but I know this is my fault and im not trying to make excuses. Im just wondering if the dentist called and if I should expect a visit. Im pregnant and super anxious and feel like I failed my son.

I’m going to try to keep this as short and to the point as much as possible without leaving anything out. Last July in 2025, I had jaw surgery and TMJ replacements. My jaws old position was causing deterioration of my teeth and got worse after the splint was placed after my surgery. Two of my teeth (24, 25) were very very loose before and after surgery and couldn’t be saved. A dentist took me last December to work on this with me. They said they would pull the two teeth and then bridge it to the two on each side so four teeth total. The entire process was horrible and painful and it took them 6 weeks because I wasn’t getting numb to pull the teeth and shave down the other ones. I wasn’t healing as quickly as I should’ve been so everything was taking longer. They made me my bridge and it looked HORRIBLE and completely wasn’t what was promised. It looked like baby teeth and the color didn’t match and I wasn’t hitting right and a hole developed. They go to remake me a second one that I waited two months for and this one was even more horrible. The teeth are crooked, the color is still very very very off, it’s cutting my tongue, looks very unnatural, very bulky, extremely shiny for some reason, and some of my teeth are visible underneath. It’s like there’s a gap now between some of my teeth and the bridge. I went to the lab to meet with a new person who worked there and him and I came up with a game plan and agreed on a color. He took a ton of notes and color matched me outside in natural lighting. I had faith in what he was going to do and he even agreed with me about what was wrong with the second one. He didn’t understand why it was made the way it was. The original person who was doing everything doesn’t work at the lab anymore. The new person I met with is the only person who works at the lab now and it’s now up to him to do everything but like I said, I trusted him.

But to back track, shortly after they made the first bridge- they said I needed root canals on the four teeth in the bridge. I don’t know why but after they did the root canals in May, everything got extremely painful. I kept saying I was in pain and they kept saying it looked normal. I went to my surgeon, endodontists, other dentists, a million places and everyone keeps saying that everything looks fine. They gave me the second bridge that was still wrong and I felt like it made things even more painful. Since they have to remake the bridge again since the second one was also wrong, they had to shave down my teeth again that had the root canals so they could make me a bridge that fit better and was less bulky. I was screaming the whole time from the pain. They kept saying I shouldn’t feel anything but I still kept telling them how much pain I’ve been in the whole time and I can feel everything. They numbed me and I still felt it. Numbed me again and I still felt some of it but it wasn’t so excruciating anymore. So they did the work by refining my teeth for the bridge three weeks ago and took scans to send to the lab. Whatever they did to me three weeks ago when they shaved down my teeth and numbed me, has me in the absolute worst pain. Everything got a million more times painful. I’ve been vomiting from the pain and not sleeping. My blood pressure has been high from the pain. It hurts to eat and hurts to talk and it’s horrible. I took antibiotics just to see if it’ll help the pain at all and it didn’t. I’ve been to a bunch of places in the last three weeks to hopefully find out what’s causing me such severe pain including sitting in a waiting room right now typing this to see another endodontist and then another orofacial pain specialist. I drove two hours to this place and I’ve been sitting here waiting for almost two hours. While I’ve been sitting here waiting, I got a text from the dentist saying the lab is refusing to remake my bridge when we’ve been discussing everything with them and coming up with a plan this whole time. I went to the lab twice and spoke to them a million times and so did the one dental assistant. Everything was fine. Everything was agreed on. So I called the lab to ask them myself and they said it wasn’t their decision and they never received my scans for the new bridge from three weeks ago. They shaved down my teeth and took scans and never sent them!? What!!! Now everyone’s pointing fingers at each other and nobody is telling me what’s really going on. I can’t live like this with this bridge they gave me. They shaved it down a bunch to try to make it more comfortable for me but it’s still bulky and still cutting my tongue and still looks embarrassingly horrible. They told me they can’t shave it down anymore because they don’t want it to get a hole like the first bridge. Now they shaved down my actual teeth again so this one really doesn’t fit properly. I keep editing my teeth in pictures and I keep swishing liquid lidocaine around my mouth for my tongue but the lidocaine isn’t helping the pain around my teeth. I can’t live like this. I’m only 28 and I didn’t ask to lose my teeth. I didn’t want to go through this. I had to borrow money to pay for this bridge and I can barely work from my million doctors appointments and dentist appointments. This isn’t what I paid for. I was promised a lot of things that I never got. I can’t keep this bridge in forever. I cry everyday over it. The look of it and the discomfort and the pain and everything about it and this whole process has took such a mental toll on me. It’s been a 10 month traumatic, painful, and time consuming process. I just don’t know what to do and what can be done. I don’t know what my options are. I’m in so much pain and I’m so upset over this. This isn’t what I paid money for. I just want my correct bridge or my money back. I don’t know how to go about this since nobody is being honest with me either and I just need advice.

I’ve been wanting to be more sustainable and get toothpaste without plastic packaging from a small business instead of a big one but I’m not sure what to look for. I’ve seen a lot of “tooth powders” and lots of ones in glass jars advertised as “remineralizing” I was wondering what’s actually going to keep my teeth clean? Is it better to just go with regular toothpaste or is there another option?

will be meeting my dentist in a few days but im really curious about my xray results…

Dentist pulled 8yo girls molar tooth, but didn’t put in a spacer. Three years later her canine tooth shifted upward into her lip. Now she needs a chain to pull it back. Whose fault is this. Mom’s or the dentist? I need answers!

Not a dentist, and I don’t mean to sound like an asshole or know-it-all but I’m worried

My boyfriend (22M, generally healthy/ASA II) had a wisdom-teeth consultation today with an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He has three completely impacted third molars, one partial (photo attached) He does not have dental phobia, is cooperative, and has no major medical conditions that I know of.
I had all four of mine removed about 3–6 months ago under IV moderate sedation, and general anesthesia was never presented to me as necessary.

At his consult, the nurse initially just said he would “go to sleep,” and it was only later after they showed the treatment plan that we understood they meant GA.

We were shown a video covering risks, but the surgeon did not personally walk us through the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives.

They said it would be FULL general and he would be intubated or they’d use an LMA.

When I asked why GA instead of moderate sedation, the explanation was essentially that if the patient moved during a difficult extraction and a nerve were injured, that could create liability for the surgeon, but under GA he would be still.

That explanation did not sit right with me. I understand nerve injury is a real risk with lower third molars, especially if the roots are close to the inferior alveolar nerve, but I didn’t think “patient might move” was a reason to use GA if the patient is otherwise calm and cooperative. I also thought moderate sedation would be generally be less invasive and risky because he would maintain his own airway and breathing.

I pushed back in the office (probably more intensely than I should have) and asked for his records to be emailed to us. They said they have a CRNA and that they have not had anesthesia complications in 10 years.

Also just wanted to say that the surgeon said part of his hands and fingers were numb and his hands were very shaky

So my questions are:

1. Is GA a normal/reasonable recommendation for four impacted wisdom teeth, even for a calm, healthy 22-year-old?
2. Is “we prefer GA so the patient does not move and we do not injure a nerve” a legitimate clinical reason, or does that sound more like surgeon preference/liability avoidance?
3. If the teeth are fully bony impacted and rotated, is moderate IV sedation still usually feasible?
4. Should a patient be able to request moderate sedation if there is no clear contraindication?
5. What questions should we ask before consenting especially regarding airway management (ET tube vs LMA), anesthesia provider, monitoring, emergency equipment, and hospital transfer?

6. Is it a red flag that the office said they have had no anesthesia complications in 10 years? I find it hard to believe they’ve never called EMS in 10

7. years.

I’m not anti-anesthesia or anything and I’m not saying GA is never appropriate I just felt like the actual anesthetic plan was not clearly explained, and I want to make sure we are not agreeing to a higher level of anesthesia than he needs. Would you get a second opinion, or is this pretty standard OMFS practice?

my teeth arent the whitest and theres lots of staining but is there any way i can make them white

NAD, f30

I started going to a new dentist about three years ago. In the practice I go to I have had 2 dentists do work on my teeth and examine them. Here’s the weird part to me: I have brought up my crowns to both dentists and they both looked me dead in the eyes and said “that’s not a crown”. I told them “no those are definitely crowns” and they look at them closer and either say “oh interesting” or “are you SURE that’s a crown”?

I can’t tell if my crowns are just beautiful or if I’m trusting people I shouldn’t with my teeth.

Today I had a filling in two teeth that were both in front of and behind one of my crowns. I wanted to clarify the location of the fillings with the dentist so I asked “are they both on the top right bordering my crowned tooth?” And the dentist again said “you don’t have a crown up there” and I said “no this tooth is a crown” and pointed at it. He looked closer, seemed annoyed and then just mumbled “yes the two teeth by the crown”

Is this a normal thing to mistake a lot of the time? Should I not trust this practice anymore?

Yesterday I went in for a root canal on my bottom back tooth. (19). I arrived at 1 and they begun and they didn’t finish until 5:10. There was just one small break when I started to panic (took about a two minute break and then he started again). They did not say how or why this took so much longer than I was told and after telling others how long it was this doesn’t seem normal. Any ideas? I’m obviously very sore this morning, and not to be too dramatic but it was quite a terrifying experience laying there so long

My tongue has been turning dark and has developed this black peeling ring that makes it hard to eat and so painful to brush. I tried using mouthwash to counteract the pain of brushing, but it seems to have made it worse. Also, the back of my throat is so sore, and I can’t afford to go to a dentist or any doctor right now. Please help!

Edit:

Went to the ER, and they said it looked more like an infection or something parasitic. They prescribed me something that would help. It's definitely not cancer, but I should follow up with the ER and an ENT. Thanks, everyone!

Hello, my seven year old girl developed this abscess at the end of September. We visited the dentist. At first she prescribed antibiotics and then from the next visit started draining the pus from it. The problem is this pus swelling comes back after one or two days. Now it has stayed the same for one week. The dentist hasn't done any xray of it yet. I wonder if the abscess treatment is this long. I have attached all the prescriptions as well.

Thanks

Really concerned about my tooth implant I’m almost done I get my new tooth in about a month. But backstory I had 2 root canals done on this tooth and then my dentist told me I had to get an implant bc the tooth had a major infection and was eating away at my bone. Throughout the progress I’ve been getting worried about my canines bc they seem to to be loosing gum tissue what can I do and does this look concerning? also before any of this teeth were so pretty and white. I do floss a lot but that canine next to the gap is so hard to floss bc there’s nothing to help grip against. Also I feel like I’m implant maybe rejecting, I’m not sure.what do yall think ?

I had my bottom right wisdom tooth removed 3 weeks ago, and now I have this stringy thing down in the socket. It looks like flesh, and it's attached to the walls of the inner socket. The inside of the socket itself looks to be healing fine. I have no pain or signs of infection. I'm 23 and have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. So healing will take me a long time, I know. I called my oral surgeon's office, and they said this is fine. But I can't find any information about what this might be. Any ideas? I would really appreciate any insight.

I’ve been having really bad pain behind this tooth. Is this something serious?

So I’ve known I’ve had this for a while, but I’m wondering how bad mine might be? The uppers have started to bug me just like if I make a fish face or kissy face & suck my cheeks in, I can’t do it all the way. Now I’m mindful of whether or not it’s making my face unsymmetrical.

Not exactly painful, but a little uncomfortable if I think about it for too long… what is the road to removal look like? Is it even worth it?

Hi, I had three fillings on Saturday, one on my upper and two on my back lower, i had about 8-9 jabs of the injections in total. I’ve had swelling since and severe pain, never felt anything like it. It feels like the skin has ulcered around my back tooth, I’ve just now noticed this white bit, possibly an ulcer but it’s too sore to push back to see and is constantly pushed on the tooth.

I went back to the dentist today, said it was post-operative swelling and possible a rare reaction to the numbing, anyone got any advice? I’ve also been put on precautionary antibiotics to reduce the risk of infection so started them today

Edit: I had two clamps on my lower teeth, they had to apply loads of pressure and it took them a while to get them on with the dental dam but I didn’t mind too much as I was numb

In May I had tooth pain in a back molar that already had a filling(xray showed nothing). the tooth was opened up and decay was in between the inner side wall of the tooth and filling. it was replaced with a white filling from a silver filling. Within days constant gumline irritation around the inner tooth and in between that tooth and the one next to it. Ended up seeing 6 dentists because no one knew what was wrong. I had a scaling around the tooth didn’t help. Then another dentist replaced it with a silver filling(thought maybe I had an allergy to the white filling) didn’t help. I had 3 separate CBCT scans done between the dentist and now the endodontist. endodontist said tooth tooth an nerve are fine(after my original filling I never had tooth pain again only gumline I could eat and chew fine). The endodontist said I have some hot/cold sensitivity and said the tooth root was so close to the deep filling it could be sending out pain signals. So he did a root canal on me it’s been a week now the pain is awful and the gumline irritation is worse than ever and is radiating to neighboring teeth(Dr. says it’s normal and has me taking aleve and Tylenol together. I will be getting a post and crown for the tooth. Its been 5 months of constant gumline irritation that ranges from mild to painful. No one knows why I have this it all started when I got the filling redone. I can’t live like this has anyone else experienced this. I’ve spent so many thousands of dollars even with insurance and no solution or relief.

This just appeared recently. Hasn’t had a teeth cleaning in over a year. Has been there for a week. Is this an infection? He doesn’t have dental insurance.

I was told last time I went in to the dentist a couple months ago that I had severe gingivitis. Im worried it may have turned into periodontitis. I do vape and have been smoking more cigarettes. I had a tongue piercing that was rubbing my bottom teeth where I see recession too. Just wondering is it too late do you think?

I have hypodontia and today I had a molar extracted in preparation for getting braces. I haven’t been able to relax as I am terrified of getting dry socket. I’m wondering if it’s even possible as I only had a baby tooth there?

Title basically says it all. Top and bottom wisdom teeth taken out on one side and things seem to be healing normally (still a little pressure in my lymph node and ear but lymph node isn't swollen anymore and I'm cleaning out my socket regularly). But I'm exhausted.

I've done some googling and do see some other threads here where people talk about being fatigued but most of what I see says that fatigue should wear off after the second week and that it could be a problem if it sticks around. I'm now a day away from it being three weeks since surgery day and am still cancelling my evening plans cause I need to just go home and get in bed.

I'm also starting to be tempted to push through the exhaustion so I can get back to my life but am worried that will hurt my immune system and get me sick.

Really hoping this is just cause I'm "old" and my body isn't bouncing back as quick as most people who get wisdom teeth extracted but am starting to get a little worried.

Thanks for any help/insight/advice you can offer!

Edit: Adding that I take wellbutrin, truvada, finasteride and minoxidil daily along with an Iron and B12 supplement cause I've struggled with fatigue before but I was doing fine for months before the surgery.

So my dentist says the wisdom teeth should be extracted. Nothing serious, no pain or anything, but he says they might give me trouble in the future.

I really like my dentist, but idk am I supposed to go to some specialist for the removals? Do these look difficult to you (idk how to read the x-rays). Do they look to be next to nerves?

None of them can be seen, all are under the gums. I guess that means it's more difficult :/

Hello! I have received a zirconia crown yesterday, but I have some concerns about it.

It looks really wide to me, and I'm not sure if that's normal. It's noticeably bigger than the other molar on the opposite side of my mouth.

When the dentist placed the crown, it was really high at first, so they had to shorten it multiple times. They also adjusted the opposing tooth under it. It took a little while to get it to where the bite felt normal.

I previously had a ceramic crown on that tooth but had to replace it because it cracked around three weeks ago. The previous one needed to be shortened when I initially got it because it was also high. It also seemed a little big, but I think this zirconia one is even larger.

Does this crown look normal to you all? Is it bulkier than it should be? I feel like it shouldn't look like this.

I have a lot of anxiety regarding my teeth in general and I'm not sure what to do. I'd appreciate any advice or insight. Thank you!