Dental

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My boyfriend lost his job a month ago and his wisdom teeth are coming in and are hurting him badly. I need to find an oral surgeon that will do surgeri...
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My husband and I are looking for a great dental office and/or oral surgeons offi...
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I need all 4 wisdom teeth removed and I am SCARED TO DEATH because I have never ...
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I need to get both of my kids into a Orthodontist this fall. Was wondering if a...
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My 8 yr old son has lost several baby teeth and is in the process of having adul...

Bad Breath

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Hi Everyone! I've had a problem with halitosis (bad breath) for years. I'm never without gum, mints, or breath fresheners, but those don't seem to ...
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My 19 month old daughter has HORRIBLE breath alot of the time. Has anyone else ...
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My two year old has been waking up from bedtime and naptime with horrible breath...
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Hi, I have a toddler (26 months) with strong white teeth, but with a bad breath...
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hey moms, just want some opinions... in the past couple months my 3 year old ...

Broken Permanent Teeth

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My daughter has been going to the dentist since she is 3 every year, before I make a trip to the dentist again this year, would anyone have any insight...
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hi iam new to mamasource i think this is a great way to connect with alot of peo...
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So she was at a bday party at main even with her dad and while playing laser tag...
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My son lost his two front teeth and two bottom teeth back around late November 2...
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Has anyone had any experience with palate expanders? One orthodontist recommend...

Brushing & Flossing

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My daugther allowed us to brush her first 2 teeth when she was 7 months old but after she got her top two at about 10 months she has grown more and mor...
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My son had to have caps put on his 4 front teeth when he was barely one yrs old ...
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My son is 16 months old and has 16 teeth. Only ones left for him to get are his...
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Hi all, For more than a year now we've attempted toothbrushing every night (a...
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Help! My son hates to brush his teeth (he is almost 3). Any advise out there? ...

Cavity Prevention

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I took my 4 year old daughter into the dentist for her first visit today and she ended up having 3 cavities. The dentist wants to fill them. But does...
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My daughter just turned 3 on March 21 and she already has 3 cavities!!! I'm mor...
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Okay I think I'm losing my mind! Our dentist found 3 cavities in my daughter , ...
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My 6 yr old has 2 cavities. The dentist has suggested using gas, which is not c...
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My three year old needs fillings for her cavities. She's so scared of getting h...

Checkups & X-rays

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My daughter is 16 months old and has 5 teeth. I was wondering when should I take her in for her first dentist appointment? I have heard so many differe...
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My son is 27 months old and I'm just wondering when I should take him for his fi...
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I'm taking my son tomorrow for his first dentist appointment and I'm so nervous....
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My 26 month old son just chipped the corner off his top right front tooth. We h...
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I just got back from the dentist with my two oldest children: 7 and 5. They fou...

Chipped Baby Teeth

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My 2 1/2 year old recently chipped part of his tooth. The tooth is one that is the front of his mouth. It doesn't seem to be bothering him, so I don'...
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My 18 month old daughter fell and chipped her front tooth. She fell on her glide...
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My 18 month old chipped his tooth this morning. The poor kid didn't hurt himsel...
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This past weekend, as my 22-month-old daughter was playing, she fell, hit her fa...
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My 18-month old son fell in the bathtub tonight and chipped one of his front tee...

Emergency Care

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I had a hysterectomy in 1988. Both of my ovaries were salvaged at the time so I would continue making normal hormones, since I was only 22 at the time...
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I am never too sure when to take my children in. Sometimes I wonder if its too s...
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We just moved from Detroit (right down the expressway from Chidren's Hospital) s...
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I have a very active, completely fearless 18 month old son. I know that we're re...
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Yesterday was definitely a day I would not want to live over.My 17 month old had...

Find a Provider

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I need to get an eye exam but my medical insurance does not cover vision care. I wondered if any of you know approximately how much an eye exam costs....
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Recently I took my 10 year old in to have a physical and failed the eye exam the...
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Does anyone like any eye doctors around the beavercreek area? Or if you do not ...
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My 6 yo daughter needs to see an eye doctor according to her school. I'm not su...
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I am looking for a developmental optometrist for my five year old daughter. She...

Grinding Teeth

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has anyone noticed there baby grinding their teeth? she is 10 months old and has 4 teeth. lately she has started making such a funny sound when she g...
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What can I do to stop my 9 month old from grinding his teeth? The noise is awfu...
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Does anyone have any solutions to teeth grinding. My son is almost seven and he ...
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My 14 month old daughter is grinding her teeth. She only has 7 teeth so I am su...
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My 10 month old daughter has been grinding her teeth for the last 2 months or so...

Impacted Molars

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I went to the dentist yesterday and found out that my wisdom teeth have to be taken out. I knew this was going to happen they have been bugging me for ...
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My dentist has informed me that I have to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth have to ...
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So I looked in all of the other questions asked just to see what people had to s...
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I still have my wisdom teeth and various dentists throughout the years have trie...
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Okay ladies hopefully someone can give me some insight here. I am scheduled to h...

Losing Baby Teeth

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Help! My seven year old daughter has been a complete wreck since loosing her first tooth two weeks ago!!! She won't eat, brush her teeth, or smile, an...
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My 5 yr old has a permanent tooth coming in behind one of his front bottom baby ...
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My son just lost his first tooth and is so excited about the Tooth Fairy. My qu...
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At what age do children normally lose their baby teeth? My son is almost six and...
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My daughter just turned 5 yrs old. She has been making comments about her top f...

Orthodontics

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Does anyone know of a great Orthodontist in the Sacramento area? My kids are all going to need braces so I need someone cheap, but know what they are d...
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Our dentist has said we need to start the orthodontics process with our 7yo. Th...
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I need to get both of my kids into a Orthodontist this fall. Was wondering if a...
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I recently took my 4-year-old daughter to the dentist. He told me she has a cro...
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Can anyone recommend an excellent orthodontist in the Arlington, Fort Worth, Man...

Teething

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I have a beautiful 7 month old little girl. The last 10 days have been awful. She developed a temperature, runny nose, and lost interest in eating so...
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What age do babies usually start teething?...
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Hi Mommas- I can't believe it but I can't find any advice on teething. Can a...
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my 9 mnth old is teething. can anyone recommend a safe (perhaps notmade in China...
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any advice on how to make it through the night when dealing with teething.. othe...

Tooth Fairy

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My 6 year old just lost her first tooth and I was wondering what the tooth fairy was bringing to other houses for a first tooth....
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My oldest recently lost a tooth. We did the whole tooth fairy thing. My question...
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I know this has been asked before, but does anyone have any ideas/options other ...
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My son just lost his first tooth and is so excited about the Tooth Fairy. My qu...
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Hi Everyone, My six year old son just lost his first tooth and I'm wondering ho...