A dark mark on a tooth is usually one of two things: a surface stain from coffee, tea, or hardened tartar, or a cavity that has not yet reached the nerve. A black spot on tooth not painful to bite on is the version that...
A root canal on a front tooth commonly runs $776 to $1,911 nationally, while the same treatment on a molar runs $1,030 to $2,471. That gap is the first thing to understand when you are asking how much is a root canal, because the price...
The most common misconception about crown appointments is that you lie there feeling your tooth get filed down, when the reality is that the tooth and the gums around it are fully numb before any reshaping begins. That single step, local anesthetic given before the...
A silver amalgam filling lasts roughly 15 years and a tooth-colored composite filling roughly 7 years, which means almost every filling in your mouth has an expiration date you will eventually meet. Sometimes you meet it in the middle of a sandwich, when something hard...
You bite into a slice of pizza on your lunch break in South Tulsa, and a sharp jolt shoots through one lower back tooth the instant you let go of the bite. At dinner the same thing happens with a bagel, then with a piece...
You bite down on a tortilla chip, hear a small click, and three days later notice a hairline crack running across an upper molar that does not hurt at all. Nothing throbs. Cold water feels normal. Chewing on that side is fine. So the question...
Porcelain veneers run roughly $900 to $2,500 per tooth across the United States, with the national average landing near $1,500. That single number is the reason so many people searching "how much do veneers cost" stop and do the math twice, because a smile makeover...
A front tooth knocked on a Tulsa, Oklahoma bike trail can look completely normal for weeks or even months before it starts to darken, which is why the question "why is my tooth turning gray" so often comes long after the injury that caused it....
A patient once caught a glimpse of a small chalky white patch near the gumline of a lower molar while brushing on a Tuesday morning and almost dismissed it as a bit of stuck toothpaste. That tiny, easy-to-miss spot is often the first visible sign...
Most patients can eat again within 1 to 2 hours of getting a dental filling, once the numbness from the local anesthetic has completely worn off. That single detail, whether you can still feel your lip, cheek, and tongue, is what actually decides when it's...