Your questions

Hello!
A few months ago I visited my dentist because of swollen gum (upper right, between the second and third molars).
The dentist decided to remove my wisdom tooth. After removal of the wisdom tooth the swelling disappeared....
After 3 months the swelling has appeared again in the same place and is painful; the swelling also bothers me when opening my mouth.
When I open wide I feel pain in the jaw joint right at the back where the wisdom tooth was.
What should I do in this case, since I increasingly have these problems, but some doctors do nothing until major complications or problems arise?
Please help!
Thank you + kind regards

Hello, I am currently undergoing treatment for periodontal disease. I have finished scaling and surgery on the upper teeth, where I had deeper pockets of 7+ mm. I now have quite large gaps between the teeth. Can braces be used once the gums have settled, and can you use aesthetic dentistry to close the gaps between my teeth, and when would that be appropriate? How long after surgery? What would the cost be? The gaps between 1 and 2, 2 and 3, and 3 and 4 are involved; the right side is the most problematic and very bothersome.
I was thinking about bonding or porcelain veneers.
Thank you and kind regards,
Gregor

Hello Dr Rotar.
After many years I have finally found the courage to contact a dentist. The situation is as follows: in my upper jaw I mostly have only dental roots left.
I am interested in All-on-4. Since I turn 40 in April, I would like to make this wish come true by then. I would like to know whether that is feasible, what the waiting time and approximate price are, and since I am not from your area, approximately how many visits would be required. I would be happy to receive your answer. I would come as a self-paying patient. Kind regards.

Kind regards, the whole side around teeth 4 and 7 has been hurting for 5 days in a row. Nalgesin tablets almost no longer help. I went to the dentist; she opened tooth 4 and put medication inside, but after the injection wore off the pain was still the same and sometimes even worse. Also, when I touch the area around 4, 5 and 6, the gum hurts a lot, although I do not know whether the pain is in the gum or inside the teeth. The dentist did not send me for an X-ray, which is typical because they always wait until the last moment. So I do not know whether you might have any idea what to do to reduce the pain, because I am going to have a nervous breakdown from enduring this pain.

I have a fixed bridge in the upper jaw supported by 4 teeth. Now everything is loose, and one tooth has cracked and already broken off. Questions:
- despite the mobility, can the old bridge be removed and a new one cemented,
- can the broken tooth be filled with cement so that it holds,
- if these four teeth were extracted, is it possible to place implants into the same sockets, and does this shorten healing,
- approximate cost in these cases.
Thank you for your answer!

Hello!
I am 49 years old. A few months ago, while eating, I felt severe pain in my upper first premolar. The pain gradually subsided and I made an appointment with my dentist. By the time I was seen, more than a month later, I no longer had pain. During the examination, the dentist found that I had a vertically cracked tooth (upper left first premolar). She removed the old filling and, using some procedure, “bonded” the tooth. Unfortunately the bonding was not successful, which she herself told me at the next visit. I now feel that things are worse than before the bonding, because the gum above the tooth is sensitive and I have developed a “bump”, probably with pus, somewhere near the end of the root on the gum. Pressure on the tooth is also unpleasant, so I avoid loading it. The proposed solution is extraction of the tooth and placement of an implant. Visually the tooth looks excellent and I am sorry to have it extracted, so I would like to know whether there is any way to preserve it with some other treatment and “bonding” procedure.
Kind regards and thank you for your answer, Stanka

Hello,
on Tuesday my dentist extracted the upper left first premolar; the tooth was dead and painful to touch, and I had headaches and dizziness. Everything has now settled down and I feel well. I am taking Amoxiclav—I have it for 5 days. Now a red line has appeared on the gum above the extracted tooth—I assume pus drained along it—and at the top of the gum there is something similar to an aphtha, a white surface that is painful to touch. What could this be?
Regards, Darja Hamersak

Dear Sir/Madam.
My dentist referred me to an oral surgeon for removal of a wisdom tooth because, during an attempted extraction, the local anesthesia "did not work".
Because the waiting time with a referral is very long (at least in Ljubljana), I would like to know whether you could perform this privately on a self-pay basis.
What is the procedure, waiting time and of course the price of the treatment?
Thank you and kind regards,
Robert Kržmanc

Hello! I need to have all my teeth repaired, but to begin with I would at least like to have the front teeth treated (because of finances), if that is even possible, because I am missing the upper central incisor, both upper first premolars and an upper second premolar?! I am not looking for something temporary, but something that looks as natural as possible. What solution would there be and what would the price be? How many days would it take, and when is the earliest I could come to you? I would really appreciate answers. Thank you. Kind regards, Anita

Hello,
today two porcelain crowns were cemented onto two posts.
When I got home, the colour still matched my other teeth.
Now, a few hours later, I looked in the mirror again and one crown is fine, but the other has turned white and stands out noticeably from the other teeth. I would like to know what I should do and, of course, how this is even possible??
Thank you for your reply.