I have a tooth which has always bugged me a bit. Now it’s turned gray. Can I get teeth whitening to fix it? It’s a bit embarrassing when I smile. Joyce B. Dear Joyce, A gray tooth means it’s either dead or dying. Unfortunately, teeth whitening won’t help in a situation like this. Instead, what […]
I got “bounced” at a local venue; shouldn’t they pay my emergency dentist bill?
A few weeks ago I had one of the worst experiences of my life when my friends and I went to a local venue for live music. Nothing out of the ordinary was going on, we’d been to this place many times and it has always been ok. Well, for whatever reason, people got real […]
How long can I wait to get an implant after pulling a molar?
I had a crown break yesterday and after going to the dentist, he told me the tooth (which is a molar) is dead. He didn’t seem to think a root canal would work because he couldn’t get all the decay out, so he wants me to have it pulled and then wait a few months […]
Replacing my black tooth with an implant will put me in the “red”
I’ve had a dark, discolored tooth for as long as I can remember. I’m not sure what caused it because I don’t ever remembering bumping it as a kid. During high school, I didn’t let it bother me because there was really nothing I could do about it. My family didn’t have much money so […]
