Dear Sir/Madam! I would like to know about replacing a filling. My daughter is supposed to get fixed braces and was therefore told to replace her current filling with a white one. The filling would be very small, on the inner surface of a first molar. Is this necessary or can the braces be fitted over the old filling?
Dear Sir/Madam! I would like to know about replacing a filling. My daughter is supposed to get fixed braces and was therefore told to replace her current filling with a white one. The filling would be very small, on the inner surface of a first molar. Is this necessary or can the braces be fitted over the old filling? Thank you for your answer.
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Dear Sir/Madam! If the filling is otherwise satisfactory, there is no need to replace it before the braces are fitted. I believe that the dentist wanted to warn you about a poor filling that would be very difficult to replace later once the braces were already in place. Follow hi
Dear Sir/Madam!
If the filling is otherwise satisfactory, there is no need to replace it before the braces are fitted. I believe that the dentist wanted to warn you about a poor filling that would be very difficult to replace later once the braces were already in place. Follow his advice.
A doctor at the health centre managed to remove my upper-left bridge: abutment teeth 4 and 6, tooth 5 as a pontic, and tooth 7 as a cantilever from 6. The doctor managed to remove the bridge without damaging it. After removal he found that the abutment tooth 6 was in poor condition (extensive soft areas); on the X-ray
A doctor at the health centre managed to remove my upper-left bridge: abutment teeth 4 and 6, tooth 5 as a pontic, and tooth 7 as a cantilever from 6. The doctor managed to remove the bridge without damaging it. After removal he found that the abutment tooth 6 was in poor condition (extensive soft areas); on the X-ray the roots are healthy and the tooth is also vital, but because of the extensive caries he recommends removal of the nerves, root filling and fabrication of a new bridge. Please tell me how much a 4-unit bridge (2 abutment teeth and 2 units) would cost at your practice, as well as possible treatment of the still vital upper-left tooth 6.
Thank you for your answer.
Kind regards,
Bogdan
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Dear Sir/Madam! Price: EUR 210 (metal-ceramic) x 4 = EUR 840 EUR 350 (all-ceramic; zirconia) x 4 = EUR 1400 Root canal treatment: EUR 50 per session x 2 = EUR 100. Have a nice day!
Dear Sir/Madam!
Price: EUR 210 (metal-ceramic) x 4 = EUR 840 EUR 350 (all-ceramic; zirconia) x 4 = EUR 1400 Root canal treatment: EUR 50 per session x 2 = EUR 100.
Hello! I am 25 years old and have not visited a dentist since primary school. My teeth are getting worse and worse. I have three broken teeth where only the roots remain, and two teeth that have lost their fillings. I have crowns on my front teeth... In short, I am interested in having those 5 teeth removed. Do you als
Hello!
I am 25 years old and have not visited a dentist since primary school. My teeth are getting worse and worse. I have three broken teeth where only the roots remain, and two teeth that have lost their fillings. I have crowns on my front teeth... In short, I am interested in having those 5 teeth removed. Do you also perform treatment under general anesthesia, because fear is the reason I have not visited a dentist until now? I would like to have everything done under general anesthesia, my entire dentition. I am also interested in the price and waiting time.
Thank you for your answer and kind regards
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Dear Sir/Madam! According to accepted practice, treatment under general anesthesia is reserved for people with special needs (disabled patients) who could not cooperate during the procedure in any other way. Extremely anxious (very frightened) patients are usually helped with sed
Dear Sir/Madam!
According to accepted practice, treatment under general anesthesia is reserved for people with special needs (disabled patients) who could not cooperate during the procedure in any other way. Extremely anxious (very frightened) patients are usually helped with sedative medication. All procedures are performed under local anesthesia. In our practice we have not yet carried out procedures under general anesthesia, so I would not know what price to quote you. For an exact treatment estimate for your mouth, you would need to come to our practice, where we would take a panoramic X-ray and perform a clinical examination.
Dear Sir/Madam, I have read that dark areas on a dental X-ray can indicate a granuloma. What do white areas mean? More precisely, a white area can be seen below my lower right first premolar, and nobody can explain to me what it might be, especially because it has been there for at least 6 months and only 2 days ago it
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have read that dark areas on a dental X-ray can indicate a granuloma. What do white areas mean? More precisely, a white area can be seen below my lower right first premolar, and nobody can explain to me what it might be, especially because it has been there for at least 6 months and only 2 days ago it started to hurt slightly (with stronger pressure on the outside of the tooth and gum). If I leave it alone, it does not hurt at all and I eat normally. I should also mention that my teeth are extremely healthy (one filling on a second molar), I still have one deciduous canine,...
Thank you.
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Dear Sir/Madam! White areas, or radiopaque shadows, mean that X-rays are absorbed more strongly at that location by the structure being imaged. Such a formation is usually more highly mineralized, or contains fewer organic and more inorganic substances (minerals). I believe that
Dear Sir/Madam!
White areas, or radiopaque shadows, mean that X-rays are absorbed more strongly at that location by the structure being imaged. Such a formation is usually more highly mineralized, or contains fewer organic and more inorganic substances (minerals). I believe that in your case it is a cementoma, i.e. a formation in which dental cementum accumulates. For a more precise diagnosis I would need to see the X-ray.
Dear Sir/Madam, a week ago I was at the dentist, who extracted my wisdom tooth in the office. The extraction went well. My gum continued to bleed for a few hours, not heavily, just enough for me to notice. After two days I no longer had any pain at all. Now, however, the area where the tooth was has started to smell. I
Dear Sir/Madam,
a week ago I was at the dentist, who extracted my wisdom tooth in the office. The extraction went well. My gum continued to bleed for a few hours, not heavily, just enough for me to notice. After two days I no longer had any pain at all. Now, however, the area where the tooth was has started to smell. It also seems that there is some discharge coming from the area.
I would like to know what this could be.
Kind regards,
Grega
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Dear Sir/Madam! Wounds in the mouth heal somewhat differently from, for example, cuts on the skin. After extraction, a relatively large defect remains in the bone, which fills with a blood clot as well as with food debris that decomposes in the opening. You perceive the decomposi
Dear Sir/Madam!
Wounds in the mouth heal somewhat differently from, for example, cuts on the skin. After extraction, a relatively large defect remains in the bone, which fills with a blood clot as well as with food debris that decomposes in the opening. You perceive the decomposition products as the taste and smell of pus. Purulent inflammation is usually accompanied by local signs of inflammation (redness, pain, enlarged lymph nodes...), which you do not mention.
Dear mag. Tomaž Rotar, while reading your answers to questions, I came across your opinion that every non-vital tooth can be a chronic inflammatory focus that may cause chronic pathological changes elsewhere in the body (hair loss, iridocyclitis…). I am 35 years old and for quite some time (since the beginning of the y
Dear mag. Tomaž Rotar,
while reading your answers to questions, I came across your opinion that every non-vital tooth can be a chronic inflammatory focus that may cause chronic pathological changes elsewhere in the body (hair loss, iridocyclitis…). I am 35 years old and for quite some time (since the beginning of the year) I have had increased hair loss. Thyroid O.K.; I have no other health problems. The lower second premolar (a non-vital tooth) has a filling. The area around the tooth is painful. I often feel a dull ache in this part of the jaw. Only in this area do I also feel discomfort when flossing. When I first mentioned this to my dentist, he said that the gum was simply sensitive and the tooth was O.K. No X-ray or anything else was done.
I would like your opinion on whether a panoramic X-ray is the right examination to show whether there is really something wrong with this tooth or to reveal an inflammatory focus. Or should I undergo some other examination?
I have already had problems with similar prolonged hair loss in the past (6 years ago), precisely because of a similar situation (a purulent focus and a cyst under another tooth). At that time the problem was discovered by mag. Franek in Ljubljana, who also confirmed that this had contributed to my difficulties at the time.
I sincerely ask for your valued opinion because I am already desperate.
I look forward to your reply.
Kind regards, ana (mobile 041 88 11 88)
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Dear Sir/Madam! Non-vital teeth are chronic inflammatory foci. An X-ray (panoramic radiograph) is certainly the first examination when looking for periapical changes in the bone around the root tips of non-vital teeth. Unfortunately, no examination gives us the answer to the key
Dear Sir/Madam!
Non-vital teeth are chronic inflammatory foci. An X-ray (panoramic radiograph) is certainly the first examination when looking for periapical changes in the bone around the root tips of non-vital teeth. Unfortunately, no examination gives us the answer to the key question: whether the focus (the non-vital tooth) really also causes disease at a distant site (hair loss). In these and similar problems we can only speak of probabilities that a connection exists. We decide whether to remove such a tooth according to the magnitude of the potential risk the focus might cause: heart-valve surgery (we remove the tooth because it may pose a risk of a fatal complication after surgery), hair loss (removal carries the risk that the hair will continue to fall out nevertheless).
Dear Sir/Madam, I would like information about the treatment time and private costs of placing three implants in the front of the upper jaw. These teeth were knocked out in an accident three years ago. How much do the costs increase with an operation to augment artificial bone, which in my case is a prerequisite for pl
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like information about the treatment time and private costs of placing three implants in the front of the upper jaw. These teeth were knocked out in an accident three years ago. How much do the costs increase with an operation to augment artificial bone, which in my case is a prerequisite for placement of titanium implants? What is the total cost of the operation and reconstruction of the missing bone together with placement of three implants?
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Maja BS
I apologize for the technical problems that caused the question to be submitted several times.
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Dear Sir/Madam! Price of the treatment: EUR 900 (Bredent implant together with bone augmentation) x 3 = EUR 2700. The price includes all procedures and materials required from diagnosis to the final result. For three consecutive missing teeth, we usually do not need three implant
Dear Sir/Madam!
Price of the treatment: EUR 900 (Bredent implant together with bone augmentation) x 3 = EUR 2700. The price includes all procedures and materials required from diagnosis to the final result. For three consecutive missing teeth, we usually do not need three implants but two, which support a bridge construction: price: EUR 1800 (including bone augmentation).
Kind regards, About 4 days ago I had an apicoectomy. The procedure went without complications, but it happened that they reached the sinus. The upper right lateral incisor was operated on. Yesterday a small fistula appeared again and then burst. Today it was no longer visible. I would like to know whether the appearanc
Kind regards,
About 4 days ago I had an apicoectomy. The procedure went without complications, but it happened that they reached the sinus. The upper right lateral incisor was operated on.
Yesterday a small fistula appeared again and then burst. Today it was no longer visible.
I would like to know whether the appearance of a fistula so soon after the procedure is normal or whether this means the procedure will need to be repeated?
Thank you very much for your answer.
Have a nice day,
Domen
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Dear Sir/Madam! It is difficult for me to imagine that the sinus was perforated during an apicoectomy (more likely the floor of the nasal cavity). Reopening of the fistula shortly after the procedure is not worrying. It is still far too early to evaluate the result of the procedu
Dear Sir/Madam!
It is difficult for me to imagine that the sinus was perforated during an apicoectomy (more likely the floor of the nasal cavity). Reopening of the fistula shortly after the procedure is not worrying. It is still far too early to evaluate the result of the procedure.
Dear Sir/Madam, In 2008 I had treatment of the upper left first molar and since then I have had an open, non-vital tooth. Because I am truly very afraid of the dentist, I have not been back to a dentist since then. Now a kind of purulent fluid that smells very bad is draining from the tooth and it is very unpleasant. T
Dear Sir/Madam,
In 2008 I had treatment of the upper left first molar and since then I have had an open, non-vital tooth. Because I am truly very afraid of the dentist, I have not been back to a dentist since then. Now a kind of purulent fluid that smells very bad is draining from the tooth and it is very unpleasant. The tooth does not hurt. I would now very much like to solve this problem and face my fear, so I kindly ask you to describe the procedure for my problem and the price if I had it treated privately.
Thank you very much in advance for your answer.
Kind regards, Tjaša
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Dear Sir/Madam! The tooth has been open for a relatively long time, so the prognosis for treatment is relatively poor. Before treatment, an X-ray should be taken, which would provide at least an approximate assessment of the possible success of treatment. If you decided on treatm
Dear Sir/Madam!
The tooth has been open for a relatively long time, so the prognosis for treatment is relatively poor. Before treatment, an X-ray should be taken, which would provide at least an approximate assessment of the possible success of treatment. If you decided on treatment, the price is as follows: 50 Eur (one root-canal treatment session). At least three sessions would be needed. Given the information provided, it would be difficult to offer you a guarantee for the treatment.
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