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Jackson Ave Dental Blog
Our dentists in Long Island City have created this resource on how to take care of your teeth just for our patients. Perhaps it answers your question about one of our dental services?
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David Chen, DDS
Oct 4, 20244 min read
Unfinished Root Canal: Temporary Filling Fell Out
If you've an unfinished root canal and the temporary filling falls out, you should see your dentist immediately due to increased risk of...
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David Chen, DDS
Jan 24, 20244 min read
Gum Boil With NO Pain: Problem?
A gum boil can be painless if it has progressed beyond the initial stages of a periapical abscess and has become self-draining but it...
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David Chen, DDS
Jan 23, 20246 min read
Cold Test on Tooth: Interpreting Results
Your dentist told you that he was about to conduct a cold test on your tooth. That made you raise an eyebrow because you have no idea...
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David Chen, DDS
Jan 22, 20244 min read
Getting a Root Canal Through a Zirconia Crown
A root canal can be done through a zirconia crown meaning you don't have to remove the cap prior to getting your procedure done. Now,...
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David Chen, DDS
Jan 18, 20244 min read
Gum Boil Popped: Next Steps
For the past few weeks, a pimple erupted onto the gums and it has persisted since then. However, it popped all of a sudden on its own...
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David Chen, DDS
Jan 4, 202411 min read
Root Canal: Things To Know
A root canal is an endodontic dental procedure that removes the nerve from an infected, abscessed, or severely decayed tooth. Your...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Dying Tooth: Things To Know
A dying tooth is a dental condition in which the tooth nerve is about to die; it's not dead yet but it will be soon depending on what...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 20, 20234 min read
What Dead Teeth Look Like On X-rays
Sometimes teeth can die without you knowing about it but one way to tell if you have a dead tooth is by how it looks on a dental x-ray....
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 18, 20234 min read
Failed Root Canals On X-rays, What To Do?
The purpose of a root canal procedure is to eliminate infection but that does not preclude it from future infections or procedural...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 18, 20237 min read
Root Canal Retreatment: Things To Know
When a root canal fails, endodontic retreatment is a dental procedure that redos the root canal to eliminate residual infection or...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 17, 20234 min read
Apicoectomy Stitches Aftercare
After your apicoectomy procedure, you will have stitches on your gums in order to facilitate closing the surgical access opening. The...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 17, 20234 min read
Gum Boil After Apicoectomy: Causes & Treatment
If a gum boil appears after an apicoectomy, it means that the infection has returned and the procedure was unsuccessful. As a matter of...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 17, 20236 min read
Apicoectomy Dental Procedure: Things To Know
An apicoectomy is a dental procedure that is used to treat a non-healing periapical abscess by removing the root tip and retrofilling the...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 14, 20234 min read
How Long Does It Take a Tooth To Die?
When a tooth actually dies is an unpredictable event because it could take days, weeks, months, or even years before it becomes a dead...
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 11, 20234 min read
Will a Dead Tooth Fall Out?
Under normal circumstances, a dead tooth should not spontaneously fall out of your mouth because the condition does not induce mobility....
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David Chen, DDS
Dec 8, 20235 min read
Abscess Is Still There After The Root Canal: What To Do?
Unfortunately you developed a tooth abscess which was why you had the root canal procedure done in the first place. However, the abscess...
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David Chen, DDS
Nov 29, 20234 min read
X-rays Of Teeth Needing Root Canal
There are many conditions that affect your teeth which require root canal treatment. Each one of them will present with unique...
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David Chen, DDS
Nov 22, 20234 min read
Periapical Abscess With Sinus Vs Without Sinus
The difference between a periapical abscess with sinus vs without sinus, is that the former is a progression of the latter. That means...
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David Chen, DDS
Nov 13, 20235 min read
Periapical Abscess: Things To Know
This is a guide for the dental condition known as a periapical abscess. It happens to be one of the stages of a tooth abscess with a...
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David Chen, DDS
Nov 13, 20234 min read
How To Use Endo Ice To Cold Test Teeth
For whatever reason, a lot of dentists use the endo ice improperly and/or interpret the cold test results incorrectly. The end result is...
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