On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:10:27 -0300, wrote:

>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. 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.
>>
>>I'm wondering if he had a mild gum infection vs an actual toothache.
>>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.
>>
>>Anyway, I hope Jebus is doing fine now. Having a toothache or a gum
>>infection is not fun at all.
>
>Yes because there is little you can do about it. Dentists here like
>to take x-rays with the yearly checkup but I have never agreed to it.
>I tell her everytime if something hurts I will let her loose with the
>machine, but not otherwise.
>
>The one thing we both agree about, and it seems to vary by dentist, is
>taking antibiotics an hour prior to even a check up. Stats show that
>a dental infection will often zoom straight to replacement joints and
>generate infections there. So I take four amoxillon (sp?) prior to my
>visit. So far, so good.

Amoxicillin is not indicated for adults over 50, it's really a
pediatric antibiotic and also used for dogs and cats. Doctors who
prescribe Amoxicillin for adults over 50 have little to no knowledge
of pharmacology (true of most doctors and dentists today). By the
time people reach fifty years old they have developed an immunity to
Amoxicillin, it's one of the most over prescribed antibiotics. I've
been prescibed tons of Amoxicillin, years ago it stopped working for
me but no doctor said anything, just kept prescibing it. I learned
this only recently, about a year ago, from a Rheumatologist, for those
over 50 undergoing dental procedures Clindamysin is indicated.
http://www.drugs.com/amoxicillin.html
http://www.drugs.com/clindamycin.html
Few doctors keep up with ongoing pharmacology education, they rely
entirely on the sales pitches of pharmaceutical sales people... which
ever ones give them the most samples and pens are whose meds they
prescribe for everyone. I suffer from chronic bronchitis and
sinusitis so I often develop infections from excessive mucous.
Amoxocillin does nothing for me, but Augmentin clears up the infection
quickly... I finally got lucky to find a doctor that knows his shit,
most don't, most doctors nowadays are charlatans, they're in it for
the money, they are much better CPAs than they are MDs.
http://www.drugs.com/augmentin.html