The most common question from patients regarding wisdom teeth “Dr, do I really need to remove all my wisdom teeth? I am really afraid of surgery! “ The answer is : yes and no. It really depends on the eruption of the 3rd molars /…
Well, the 3rd molar is commonly known as wisdom tooth as they usually appear between age 18 to 29 , when a person matures into adulthood ! Generally everyone has 2 upper & 2 lower 3rd molars . A 3rd molar is usually extracted when…
Sometimes we see what we wanna see, and disregard what may be very obvious to someone else.
This patient constantly had food stuck in her front tooth for years, but dealt with by flossing or brushing. But no matter what she did, and how well she kept her oral hygiene, food still got stuck at the same place. And after a while, a hole started developing on her two front teeth.
Looking at the pictures here, greyish discolouration on teeth give us dentists a good clue of a hole/cavity developing on the tooth. It indicates active caries (tooth decay caused by bacteria) inside the tooth that will just spread and spread until it reaches the pulp (life of the tooth).
So when I saw this young lady, I showed her the mirror and explained to her that her problem was that she had a developing hole on her two front teeth and it needed cleaning and filling.
All I had was 30 minutes as I also needed to complete her scaling and polishing. But I thought I’d her surprise her by closing the gap too so that she need not worry about food getting stuck on her front two teeth anymore.
I agree, yes, it could do with a bit more polishing and maybe a slightly more recontouring. But that’s all in the review visit! Remember, the trip to the dentist is not a once in a lifetime! Make it a habit to schedule review visits so that we can keep your oral health and teeth in optimum condition!
One day, the clinic manager approached me to hand me the clinic’s phone. On the other side of the line was a lady who was very concerned about her front teeth that was broken badly, and she wants them to be replaced immediately. After having…
“Doc, there’s a walk-in patient who wants to take out a tooth,” the clinic manager informed me. In came a gentleman of early 30’s carrying a cup of drink which he later told me was actually a cup of ice. He had to…