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I have a tooth that hurts only when I eat or drink something with high sugar content. It otherwise does not hurt from eating carbs, or from anything, and as I regularly got to the dentist, it puzzles me that the dentist keeps telling me there is nothing wrong with it. As this only happens with sugar, I naturally thought that bacteria must be involved. Am I right in thinking this? Could there be some other explanation?

I have recently started to have a very disconcerting problem. I usually do not get cavities, as I am very circumspect in my dental hygiene. However, in the past six months, I had three teeth break off partially. It was just little bits of the cusps form the crowns of the teeth, but sometimes quite a large chunk of the tooth would just literally fall off. My teeth are also covered in tiny white splotches. They don’t do anything, but they appear all over my teeth, sometimes they disappear and then reappear again, usually on teeth that do end up breaking over time. What are they? I am sure they are linked somehow, but are they?

My teeth are constantly getting infected, and I have had root canals and crowns on most of my teeth. I come from a country where there is no fluoridation in the tap water, and my mother had terrible teeth, too, so I am not surprised. When I went to the dentist, he told me that the cause of my problems is that I have bruxism. I have never heard of this before in my life, and when he explained to me what it was, I thought it a little bit strange. He also asked me if I get headaches and neck aches, and I told him yes, I am an adult. This is a natural part of life, everyone has back and neck pain above forty! I would like a second opinion, could you please help me out with this?

One of the worst possible things to get while on vacation is a tooth ache. It can absolutely ruin everything, curb your fun and send you home feeling disappointed and a whole lot poorer.

A recent find has the entire world googling supernumerary teeth. A young man of 22 in Saudi Arabia had an almost completely developed tooth lodged in his left nostril, and the thing was removed at great length.

As we understand more and more of how human health works, and as more and more of the delicate and intricate interconnections surface, more and more delicate and intricate ways of healing are bound to arise.

A lot of emails have been coming in that express concern with the proper use of painkillers. Some people are upset that prescription is for so little, others are worried about how many times a day you can pop them, while still others are afraid of addiction and of developing psychological problems or bad habits due to taking drugs. This topic seems to need some fleshing out, and so I thought I would post a general little article about painkillers and how to use them.

I have a problem that I cannot seem to find a solution for on the internet, and do not know if a dentist should see it or not. Every once in a while (about every other month), for a few days I get a strange metallic taste in my mouth. My tongue usually swells up and some filmy stuff shows up on it. I cannot get rid of it, it seems like the more I scrub away there is more coming up, too. This usually lasts a couple of days and my mouth is really sore, and then it goes away. I also get a tingling sensation in the gums and on a tooth that was previously root canaled when this happens. There is no bleeding and no pain, just a kind of deep itching feeling. What is this that I have? Is it serious? Does it need to be seen by a professional?

I know how sugar is bad for your teeth, but I just CAN’T stop! I have had cavities, root canals, and have recently had a molar extracted from my bottom left. BUt nonetheless, I still keep eating sugary sweets, I cannot help myself. What do I do? Is there anyway to substitute sugar for anything? I have tried aspartame and all, but they taste gross and do not deliver at all, I have sugar cravings like right after I eat them. Also, is there some way to minimize the damage? Thank you,

My name is Phillip and I am a musician. I play in a Blues Band, and have a regular club I play at every Wednesday, and I also tour for between 4 and 6 months. During these times, I drink a fair bit of booze. We are not a big band you see, and so we drink with the locals, whenever they offer as a sign of respect that they came out to see us. My teeth are quite horrid, but I am British, smoke regularly, drink coffee and eat sweets, besides the booze. I am trying to sort out my life currently, and am wondering how bad is alcohol for your teeth really? I am already trying to quit smoking and am eating far less sugar, and I am wondering how much of an improvement quitting alcohol can be to my mouth.