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I don’t really think I had five cavities.

Dr. Hall, I recently went to a new dentist to get my teeth cleaned. I floss every day and I brush my teeth in the morning and most nights also, I dont drink alot of sodas either. I take really good...

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Options for treating an infected tooth

Hi Dr Hall, I’ve had a partial filing on my teeth #31 and #32. Today, after 2 months of constant pain (I was taking Ibuprofen) I went to the dentist. After a x-ray, he said we should extract those...

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Does this tooth really have to be extracted?

I had a crown when I was younger that fell off and left half of my tooth there, my dentist tells me I now have a tooth infection under it. There is a little white bubble under my tooth – he didn’t say...

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Can Ali trust this dentist?

Hi and thank you for taking my question! For about 2 weeks I have been having jaw and tooth pain that comes and goes and seemed to move. I went to the dentist who I have not seen before. He did X-ray...

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How to treat a cracked tooth

I have cracked a tooth. It is on the bottom next to the back. An endodontist looked at it and suggested a crown. but was asked by my regular dentist to take out the filling to see how deep the crack...

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Some dental bridge engineering principles, and why this planned bridge will fail

Dr. Hall, I had my upper 6 front teeth pulled due to periodontal disease. I was going to have 4 implants with two pontics, but asked for something less expensive. So we are talking about doing a...

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This dentist wants to do gum surgery, while admitting she doesn’t understand...

Dr. Hall, My front teeth developed little ‘holes’ on the surface when I was a teenager and in my 20’s. I initially had some of them bonded. That was in the 80’s. This bonding yellowed with time. So my...

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Is this a salivary gland stone or a toothache?

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr. Hall, I had a mercury filling replaced in my bottom back tooth closest to the ear. Now pain develops and radiates into my ear. Before the filling I...

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My veneers are too white AGAIN. What can I do?

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr.Hall, I would appreciate your opinion. I had nine “ceramic” veneers done on my lower teeth, five weeks ago. When they first came back I told the...

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I don’t really think I had five cavities.

Dr. Hall, I recently went to a new dentist to get my teeth cleaned. I floss every day and I brush my teeth in the morning and most nights also, I dont drink alot of sodas either. I take really good...

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Options for treating an infected tooth

Hi Dr Hall, I’ve had a partial filing on my teeth #31 and #32. Today, after 2 months of constant pain (I was taking Ibuprofen) I went to the dentist. After a x-ray, he said we should extract those...

View Article

Does this tooth really have to be extracted?

I had a crown when I was younger that fell off and left half of my tooth there, my dentist tells me I now have a tooth infection under it. There is a little white bubble under my tooth – he didn’t say...

View Article

Can Ali trust this dentist?

Hi and thank you for taking my question! For about 2 weeks I have been having jaw and tooth pain that comes and goes and seemed to move. I went to the dentist who I have not seen before. He did X-ray...

View Article


How to treat a cracked tooth

I have cracked a tooth. It is on the bottom next to the back. An endodontist looked at it and suggested a crown. but was asked by my regular dentist to take out the filling to see how deep the crack...

View Article

Some dental bridge engineering principles, and why this planned bridge will fail

Dr. Hall, I had my upper 6 front teeth pulled due to periodontal disease. I was going to have 4 implants with two pontics, but asked for something less expensive. So we are talking about doing a...

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This dentist wants to do gum surgery, while admitting she doesn’t understand...

Dr. Hall, My front teeth developed little ‘holes’ on the surface when I was a teenager and in my 20’s. I initially had some of them bonded. That was in the 80’s. This bonding yellowed with time. So my...

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Is this a salivary gland stone or a toothache?

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr. Hall, I had a mercury filling replaced in my bottom back tooth closest to the ear. Now pain develops and radiates into my ear. Before the filling I...

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My veneers are too white AGAIN. What can I do?

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dr.Hall, I would appreciate your opinion. I had nine “ceramic” veneers done on my lower teeth, five weeks ago. When they first came back I told the...

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The hundred thousand dollar smile makeover

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Dear Dr. Hall, I have had a terrible experience with my “smile-makeover.” It turned out horrible, so the dentist just refunded my money, and I am...

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A botched sinus perforation

We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Hello Dr. Hall- I had my right rear molar extracted because it felt sore when chewing and didn’t hit much on teeth below. The molar, I found out later,...

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