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by AngelCatMei
Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:39 am
Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
Topic: New retainer for lower jaw can't fit in easily
Replies: 3
Views: 15105

Re: New retainer for lower jaw can't fit in easily

It's probably likely that your older retainer loosened up a bit over time, and now with a new retainer you must get your teeth back into their original, post-braces alignment. Best of luck to you. Thanks for the reply. It might be my old retainer loosened up since it has been a year and a half sinc...
by AngelCatMei
Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:08 pm
Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
Topic: New retainer for lower jaw can't fit in easily
Replies: 3
Views: 15105

New retainer for lower jaw can't fit in easily

Hi! I recently got a new replacement for clear retainer as it have multiple crack due to grinding. However, the new retainer is hard to fit in. Dentist is aware of it but she mentioned that it definitely can fit in, just need a find the right angle. It did managed to fit onto my lower teeth if I put...
by AngelCatMei
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:58 am
Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
Topic: Question about clear retainer
Replies: 1
Views: 17833

Question about clear retainer

Hi all! I got my upper night guard retainer today after placing a dental crown. Previously, I'm having the clear retainer. I didn't get to see the dentist today for fitting due to the covid-19 situation in my country, they decided to cancel my appointment and wanted to reschedule it to 11th May but ...
by AngelCatMei
Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:57 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Shadow on x-ray but no pain?
Replies: 3
Views: 504

Re: Shadow on x-ray but no pain?

I'm an RN and not a radiologist, but it seems to me you have an area of greater density, which causes a darker area ("shadow") on an X-Ray. An area of less calcium would probably appear lighter on an X-Ray. Pure speculation, it could just be some sort of calcification (area of extra calci...
by AngelCatMei
Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:56 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Shadow on x-ray but no pain?
Replies: 3
Views: 504

Shadow on x-ray but no pain?

Hi, I went for a regular check-up and took a full x-ray. Dentist say everything seems good. Gum is healthy too. However, he say he could see some shadow on my left lower first molar (the one that I doodle on). He did a cold test and tapping test on it. All was fine. I could feel the coldness but it ...
by AngelCatMei
Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:41 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Brown spot on tooth. Cavity?
Replies: 1
Views: 543

Brown spot on tooth. Cavity?

Hi guys, I just had my lower right first molar extracted two weeks ago. It was a failed root canal tooth. After extraction, I noticed that there's a brown spot on my last molar. It was not on the chewing surface, it was like in between the first and second molar. But now that the first molar is gone...
by AngelCatMei
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:50 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Root canal tooth infected??
Replies: 3
Views: 288

Re: Root canal tooth infected??

I'm not a dentist so please take what I say with a pinch of salt. The link to your pre-root canal xray is not working, but in your current xray pic, there is infection at one of the roots where there is a darker area at your jaw bone. Without the pre-root canal pic, can't tell if it's smaller and c...
by AngelCatMei
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:30 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Root canal tooth infected??
Replies: 3
Views: 288

Root canal tooth infected??

Hi, Two weeks ago I felt some pulsing feel on my 4 months old root canal tooth. When I press on the gum, it feels tender as well. I informed my ortho (who is also my general dentist who did this root canal) about it, she didn't took any x-ray but told me that it must be too stressed up by elastic. N...
by AngelCatMei
Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:13 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?
Replies: 13
Views: 946

Re: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?

I just got back from my braces adjustment, mentioned about this root canal tooth aching to my dentist and she say that it might be a pressure from movement as I'm closing a large extraction gap. Now the pulsing feeling is back after adjustment. She asked me if it is aching or pain. I told her is not...
by AngelCatMei
Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?
Replies: 13
Views: 946

Re: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?

Throbbing and pressure is not normal. You should check in with your dentist. If it was re-infected, you can get it re-treated, don't extract it. Was your initial root canal done by a general dentist or an endodontist? I would suggest getting an endodontist to do the retreatment if your first root c...
by AngelCatMei
Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:09 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?
Replies: 13
Views: 946

Re: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?

I don't believe it's the teeth that hurt when you get braces, but the tissues around them. When you get a root canal you don't feel pain "from within" but you still feel the pain from around the tooth, and that's what hurts with braces. I agree with this -- the teeth have ligaments that s...
by AngelCatMei
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?
Replies: 13
Views: 946

Re: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?

Yes, let’s do keep each other updated! Your description of the sensitivity is pretty accurate; it’s some sort of a hollow ache/ pain. And mine only feels that way when pressure is applied perpendicular to the tooth from the outside, i.e when brushing, and not from any other angles. I just had my ad...
by AngelCatMei
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?
Replies: 13
Views: 946

Re: Can a root canal tooth still feel sore from braces adjustment?

Updates 3 months plus near to 4 months after root canal. 2 nights before I felt that my tooth feels weird. Not painful but weird, as in pressure kind of feeling so I stopped wearing my elastic. Yesterday, there was pain when I press down on push on the root canal tooth and the healthy one beside it....
by AngelCatMei
Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:37 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Gum pulling away from second lower molar with pus
Replies: 9
Views: 462

Re: Gum pulling away from second lower molar with pus

I just went to another dentiat at our health-care center. I mentioned it to her is it possible that it could be another wisdom tooth coming out and she said is those kind of cases are rare. She measured my gum pocket and she said it is not deep and she don't see any pus too. She told me that this ki...
by AngelCatMei
Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:07 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Gum pulling away from second lower molar with pus
Replies: 9
Views: 462

Re: Gum pulling away from second lower molar with pus

[quote=kplatt2010 post_id=504354 time=1535887464 user_id=32146] Hey There- sounds like you may have some serious periodontal disease going on with receding gums as a symptom. Sometimes the causal factor is because of too vigorous brushing and / or a combo effect of a bacterial infection that is resu...