On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:54:20 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Je?us wrote:
>> >Their 'quickie' x-ray revealed nothing, so I had a proper x-ray
>> > done elsewhere.
>>
>> I never heard of a "quickie" x-ray... what kind of a denstist does
>> such a thing?
>
>My dentist takes a "quickie" if you go in with a specific tooth
>problem. It just zeroes on the tooth in question and probably includes
>a tooth on each side too.

Yeah, I had that done at the dentist this week.

>A proper x-ray is known as a bite-wing. It
>covers one side of your mouth, all teeth top and bottom. A more
>detailed x-ray is a machine that rotates around your whole mouth and
>goes deeper into the roots and jaw. My dentist recommends this one
>every 10 years. It will show problems that bite-wings can miss.

Yep, I also had one of those done last Tuesday, the dentist hasn't
seen the X-ray yet but I have. To me my teeth look fine. I have
something a little unusual going on by the looks of things, because
for the past two or three years the tooth in question has been
painfully sensitive if you bite down on say, steak... bite down in a
certain way and ouch. And yet, on the X-ray the tooth looks fine...
I definitely have an infection (seems to be under control now) along
the jaw line.

>I'm wondering if he had a mild gum infection vs an actual toothache.

I have some sort of infection - but as I mentioned above the tooth
itself has been sensitive for 2 or 3 years.

>This can be caused by food trapped where tooth and gum meet and don't
>get brushed or flossed out soon enough. Bacteria grows on the trapped
>food and can cause soreness. Meat, especially chicken, can start that
>within one day of getting left there.

You should be a dentist Gary, you know a lot about it

>Anyway, I hope Jebus is doing fine now. Having a toothache or a gum
>infection is not fun at all.

Thanks Gary, I appreciate the thought.