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A cavity is a hole. It may refer to:

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nerdette: I have a strange situation. About a year or so ago I developed sensitivity in a tooth that already had a root canal. Near the gum it would bleed. Xrays showed nothing. Now, it has been discovered it is a cavity that goes below the gum line...
09-03-2009 01:09 PM
28 31 Dentistry
adnw14@live.co.uk: I've read freshly drawn blood being used to treat dry socket.
10-28-2008 09:54 PM
30 646 Dentistry
adnw14@live.co.uk: I've read freshly drawn blood being used to treat dry socket.
10-04-2008 10:55 AM
8 365 Dentistry
robotbird@gmail.com: i just got back from my dentist and he did x-rays of my teeth and he said there was a "trouble spot where it looked like something had gotten in there" between two of my teeth. he said the area was still hard so it wasn't a cavity (yet), but...
08-11-2007 06:51 PM
17 178 Dentistry
pina_colada55@hotmail.com: hi, I didn't realzie until yesterday what a bad cavity i had on my left molar tooth.It has become quite black and is VERY painful.I didn't get it checked before since I wasn't sure it was a cavity at all.Last night due to sever pain I had 3 to...
03-28-2007 10:23 PM
5 158 Dentistry
don warner saklad: Amalgam is dropped in a patient's oral cavity. How much of the mercury is absorbed by the body?
03-21-2007 01:25 PM
7 240 Dentistry
danmisha@gmail.com: hi i have a wisdom tooth that is growing on a slant on the bottom left of my mouth. as a result, a cavity has formed on the molar just in front of said wisdom tooth. the dentist said that he can't fill it until the wisdom tooth is extracted. ...
03-16-2007 07:39 PM
1 141 Dentistry
bay_bridge_tgv@yahoo.com: My rear-most molar has a cavity at the gumline, and my dentist says it isn't clear what to do about it. According to him, a filling might cause more problems because gum tissue does not adhere to fillings. Normally, he would recommend having...
02-18-2007 03:08 PM
1 147 Dentistry
rmartinrgm: Should I have my child's cavity filled even with it being a baby tooth, or could I just wait for her tooth to fall out and then if her permanent tooth develops a cavity, then have it filled? Next appt is this coming Monday. Any suggestions...
01-10-2007 02:16 AM
1 141 Dentistry
Jamey: First post to this group. I have an old gold crown (can't remember when it was installed) in position 19. I have had almost constant sensitivity, especially to sweets, for about 8 months. 6 months ago, my dentist sent me to an endodontist for...
11-06-2006 06:11 PM
1 192 Dentistry
L505: Are cavities recommended to be cleaned thoroughly before they are filled? Or does the cavity just get filled in immediately? By cleaning the cavity, I mean should the dentist actually go in the cavity and gently clean it out specifically - not...
06-18-2006 05:53 PM
5 154 Dentistry
Billy: My 5 year old daughter has a cavity in her last lower back molar tooth. My general dentist diagnosed it with a digital x-ray and said it was deep, just nearing the root. We can also visibly see the blackness on the top of the crown. She will...
04-25-2006 02:13 PM
3 155 Dentistry
Stefano Tirelli: Hello, I am 26 and I had no problems to my teeth to date. A few days ago I had some moderate pain around my molar, I was worried and by self-inspection I noticed a small dark hole (about 0.5 mm diameter) on the outside of a molar. Worried by a...
11-02-2005 03:22 PM
11 171 Dentistry
Darkwing: I have a dental appointment, and I'm not looking forward to it. I have never had a cavity in my 30 years, but I now have yellow/brown lines and spots on the crowns (I don't mean dental implants, I mean the part of the teeth that you bite with) of...
09-12-2005 03:44 PM
24 293 Dentistry
XYZ: hmm.. my situation is a little different than darkwings i went to the dentist on friday for a cleaning. one of my bottom molars had been hurting on and off for the past 6 months. after the cleaning, the hygeinist prodded around checking for...
09-08-2005 02:09 PM
22 292 Dentistry
Joel344: While I was reading Sue's reply to worn teeth and WomanDentist' excellent resource, one of my RSS-Readers alterted me to a bunch o posts at some other sites, all aggregated into one application. This i analogous to www.DentalCom.Net being an...
09-06-2005 12:23 PM
2 177 Dentistry
Tim Campbell: Doheny HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with dental cavities who deliver their babies by Caesarean section should pay close attention to their babies' dental health later on, a new study suggests. Researchers...
08-28-2005 08:41 AM
7 8 Children's health
Tim Campbell: By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with dental cavities who deliver their babies by Caesarean section should pay close attention to their babies' dental health later on, a new study suggests. ...
08-27-2005 07:28 AM
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bruno: I don't have a regular dentist so yesterday I went to someone new for teeth check-up. The dentist found a small cavity - He showed a 1mm deep cavity on the top side of my lower last tooth. During the fill-in, It was a lot of electric drilling...
05-23-2005 08:06 PM
4 162 Dentistry
Copper: I went in for my 6 month exam/cleaning in March and they saw a cavity on one of my widsom teeth Said they could either fill it (but would be tough) or I should have all of my wisdom teeth pulled. Should I got through the pain and expense (out of...
05-03-2005 02:39 AM
11 194 Dentistry

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