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Former Clinical Instructor of Comprehensive Dentistry, and Prosthodontic Department New York University School of Dentistry. Also former instructor of Preventive Dentistry Columbia University School of Dentistry.
Ask Dr Spindel Dental Blog also numerous articles on http://www.lspindeldds.com (over 100 pages of original content)
1980 DDS New York University College of Dentistry 1981 GPR Manhattan VA Hospital
OKU 1980 Honor Society
1980 Long Island Academy of Odontology award for highest combined Academic and Clinical Achievement.
In 1997 he was elected to Fellowship into the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics
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I sounds like you have a lingual paresthesia (loss of sensation of your tongue). This can occur after wisdom teeth extractions or mandibular local anaesthesia injections. Usually the sensation returns
Dear Caesar, I am not sure that having your teeth aligned is needed to make your symptoms go away. If the pain is still there after two weeks, why not seek a second opinion, possibly from a periodontist
Dear Amadi, Your mother maybe right or possibly you might have a complication from having your wisdom tooth removed. Either way, the best thing to do is to call the dentist who removed your wisdom tooth
When perforations occur, one common treatment is to use MTA to repair it. MTA is essentially Portland cement. The closer to the apex that the perforation has occurred, the better the prognosis for the
Dear Cheryl, It is not uncommon for patients to have pain after a root canal visit. The instrumentation can cause inflammation around the apex. Teeth undergoing root canals often can become more tender
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