Teeth Definition and 69 Threads

Well, it has been about three months now that one of my wisdom teeth freaks me out - it gets swollen approximately every two weeks, hurts (sometimes less, sometimes more), and I can't use the entire left side of my mouth to bite ! Which means that I must eat extremely careful and slow, which I...

My teeth hurt. And yes, I do brush them, and I'd like to say I spend a good amount of time doing so. I guess what I mean to say is my gums hurt since my teeth don't actually feel things. I'm going to visit the dentist next week...

How important is it to fill 'small holes'-claimed by the dentist in teeth? Should I wait until they become bigger in the next check up (in the hope that they don't) or should I fill them immediately? I brush twice a day. Once before breakfast and once 40min after dinner. Should my first...

The hard iron bar called irony, that is. The irony of toothaches. My sadistic dentist informs me, my wisdom teeth are coming in all wrong and will necessarily need amputation. Poor hypocrite me, I had declared I'd sooner die naturally than go under the knife; now I've given in, to schedule the...

I just got back from getting my wisdom teeth out. Any forumites have advice on keeping the swelling down / recovery? It doesn't seem too bad so far. My mouth is numb, but no pain whatsoever (yet):biggrin:

It always hurts a lot to get our teeth cleaned. Although afterwards it is not completely white either. Why does it hurt so much to get our teeth cleaned? Is there a way to get it cleaned without all the pain yet just as clean either in theory or practice?

6 wisdom teeth!11 My brother got dental x-rays today and found out he has 6 wisdom teeth! :eek: He has an extra set on top. I have never heard of such a thing. Has anyone else here had extra wisdom teeth?

Hello. I took a course in Ultrasound and I wonder why dentists don't use that instead of X-ray. The patient only need to fill his/hers mouth with water and then it is possible to use Ultrasound Scans in the mouth of the patient without any jonisating radiation. It could even be possible...

Does anyone know what fish eat if they don't have teeth? I drew a fish (As was instructed.) and gave it different adaptations. For example, my fish is dark on the top and light on the bottom- countershading. It's shaped like a torpedo and has small scales which makes it a fast swimmer. However...

Is it necessary to take a human's wisdom teeth out?

My teeth are going nuts :( Man my freaken teeth are killing me when i eat chocolate! What's going on here :( And this has happened for as long as i can remember but its been worse all of a sudden.

Is it possible for one to not have wisdom teeth? And what does it mean for them to be impacted? Why are they called wisdom teeth in the first place anyway? Just a interesting quiery I've been thinking about. :) ~Kitty

Does anyone know whether the chlorine in a swimming pool could significantly lighten out the color of teeth? Or have any significant effect at all on teeth or skin?

Okay, please tell if you experienced, why you were/are in pain when you have decayed teeth ?How painful is/was that ? Thank you

hey guys...many times when I'm asleep, i grind my teeth for hours. Does anyone of you know how i can get ride of tat unconscious habit...and what causes it? I want to know all these just so that i can prevent any further episodes of teeth grinding as it disturbs my family matters during their...

I'm addited to Orbit gum, and they tout it as being good for your teeth. It has no sugar (in the glucose/sucrose sense), but it has "sugar alcohols" listed as the only ingredient of any import. So, are "sugar alcohols" somehow magically sweet and yet not bad for your teeth, or by chewing Orbit...

Why would someone have extremely sweaty hands all the time.. ? Second Question... does calcium really provide anything for teeth... does it help to drink milk or anything..?

I have a lot of time on my hands so I started reading the ingredients on all the detergents and cleaners that I have. Oxiclean is made of sodium carbonate and sodium percarbonate (Na2CO3 and Na2CO3*H2O2). I did some online reading about this percarbonate stuff and it turns out that it breaks...

Why is smiling considered a good thing? For that matter, why does happiness cause us to smile? Smiling usually requires a baring of one's teeth at another...isn't that usually a bad thing in the Animal Kingdom?