Hello! I had swollen gum on one side of my mouth and the dentist did scaling and prescribed antibiotics.

I had it for a couple of days, I’m no longer having swollen gum and everything’s fine now but I still have another 3 days of antibiotics to go. The dentist asked me to finish ‘em up but do I really really really need to finish every single pill?

Yes you must finish the antibiotics.

As they are helping your body to fight off the infection. Even though you're recovering now, there may still be remnants of infection. Finishing up the antibiotics will allow your body fight them off better and also prevent resistance in the event you the infection grow stronger against the antibiotics that you body has only taken halfway.

Last top molar (not wisdom tooth) felt painful to bite down suddenly. It happens after i flossed my tooth there.

what could it be? i chipped off a filling? cracked tooth? or ongoing decay?

no one short answer to that. It could be anything you have mentioned

best get it checked with the dentist.

Anybody done IPR(interproximal reduction)
Any long term drawbacks?
Dentist recommend me do this or extract some back teeth.

If planned and done properly, IPRs are okay to gain space to move or retract teeth.

I would personally limit IPRs to front teeth only as it is very difficult to do a good IPR on posterior teeth.

It would depend on your treatment plan and needs whether IPR or extraction is more suitable for you.

if you feel your teeth is very protruded and needing lots of space to retract inwards, then extraction would be a better option for you.

if its only minor changes probably only go with IPR

yes my dentist only plan to IPR the upper front teeth, cause my upper is slight protruding, unable to bite properly.
thanks for the feedback, Im just worried that it would take off too much enamel.

i have visited a dentist, a cavity was filled and there is gum inflammation but today the pain is still there when chewing.

Sounds like cracked tooth to me

Update: The pain has subsided 24 hours after the dentist visit. The dentist told me the pain will subside by that time and he's right.

Then probably it's not cracked tooth and it's gum inflammation as he said. I followed his instruction of using the chlorhexidine mouthwash after the visit.

This post has been edited by Blofeld: Nov 11 2022, 07:53 AM

Usually there is a limit how much IPR we can do. also dependant on your tooth size or enamel thickness. some people have bigger or wider tooth means probably having a thicker enamel so more room to shave.

Generally shaving is no more than 0.5mm on each side. but during the shaving procedure, if you start feeling sensitive, do let your dentist know.

best to get your gum inflammation checked as well. the chlorhexidine mouthwash only resolves the symptoms. eventually if there are gum issues, it will slowly creep back.

i see, yeah dentist said my teeth is on the wider side so should be no problem, 0.25mm on each side/0.5mm each gap normal so its lower than 0.5mm each side

I chipped both of my front upper incisors in a half moon shape in January last year. The chip is small and I think only a small bit of the dentin is exposed. Tooth sensitivity is there when feeling the affected teeth with the tongue but not that bad. I I can drink cold or hot drinks without issues. I'm deciding on what is the best and longest lasting option to repair both teeth.
Thinking of gold capping the chipped teeth using 18K gold dental alloy.

Is this the best option to repair chipped tooth?
Is this a common procedure locally?
What is the approximate cost for this procedure?

If its a small chip, it can be repaired by just a small composite filling.

Unless your bite is heavy on that tooth which generally front teeth should not be, you can consider a veneer.

A crown would mean cutting your tooth all around and significantly reducing your tooth structure just to bond the crown.

Cost of the gold crown relies alot on the price of gold. You're expecting perhaps around 5k for it.

rarely see people with gold tooth this day, remember my late nanny used to have it

I'll think about it. Maybe get a temporary cosmetic gold crown cover to see how it looks before irreversibly getting permanent gold crowns? Not many people can really pull off looking good with gold teeth. It certainly puts Vijay Sethupathi's character as Santhanam onto another level.

Hi,

How much does dental implant in Klang Valley cost ? Is it around 7K if using zirconia as crown ? Btw how long can implant last ?

I think lesser than that, can try survey... myself not yet put crowning but last time <2k crown itself

Probably in the range of 5-13k depending on the type and quality of implant placed and parts used. How detailed is the planning of the procedure.

Implants can last long provided place properly with good planning and good maintenance by the user.

days ago extracted my molar tooth, dentist said it had cracked and split, can't do anything so i simply agreed to the dentist preferred recommendation to extract.

later came home and did some research, learn that split tooth can actually be saved as long as the crack does not extend deep down below the gum line.
this makes me wonder if the dentist makes no good effort of saving my tooth and simply wants me to get a replacement tooth.

the reason for such thought is because no X-ray being performed to determine and confirm the length of the crack during the checkup.
furthermore, days prior to the extraction, there is no gum infection and the pain is not severe unless bite hard....no chewing activity almost no pain.

is my dentist expertise and integrity questionable or is it my understanding about how to diagnose non-restorable crack tooth flawed?

any thoughts?

Keyword was split. That rather serious.
Was there a filling on the tooth previously?