3 days ago
Thinner & Thinner
Q: Dr. Crapo: I’ve had good teeth all my life. Despite that I’ve noticed my lower front teeth seem shorter. I’ve had fillings in three...
Nov 11
I Can’t Get No… Satisfaction
Q: I am very frustrated about my teeth. I am first generation here in Canada so it may be hard to ask what I want and even then to know...
Oct 20
Instant Teeth, How Can That Be?
Q: I have worn an upper denture for most of my adult life. I have most of my lower teeth, thank goodness. My husband has gone through...
Oct 14
A Compromised Choice
Question: Dr.Crapo: I’m a twenty-eight year old student. I have two teeth that are black, one of which is broken off. I can see dark...
Sep 16
“I Saw It But I Didn’t Think Much Of It”
Q: Yesterday I saw my dentist for a regular check-up . The hygienist saw me first and said everything looked good. I was happy because I...
Sep 8
I Didn’t Know Veneers Broke!
Q: Dr.Crapo: About ten years ago, I learned about veneers. I liked the looks of them very much and as I had a lot of old white fillings...
Aug 26
Egg Salad, Anyone?
Question: Dr. Crapo: I had a frightening and frustrating experience on my holiday this past summer. On the second day of my trip, I was...
Aug 11
I Feel Your Pain
Q: Life is really three steps forward and two steps back. Try as I might I can’t seem to get my teeth fixed and they stay fixed. Over the...
Jul 28
Disease and Function – Do I Have A Choice?
Q: I am deathly afraid of dentists. I have always had trouble with cavities since I was a child. As an adult I’ve had tons and tons of...
Jul 15
A Chip Off The Old Block
Q: Dr. Crapo: Many years ago (thirty-five plus), I had extensive bridgework. I lost my right eye teeth and the one beside it towards the...
Jun 17
Dealing With Conundrums
Q: I’m in a state. My life has had all kinds of ups and downs. It seems that I go from emergency to emergency, putting out fires. It’s a...
Jun 10
A Deep and Steep Grind
Q: I’ve had trouble with my teeth all my life. I’ve had big fillings, crowns, root canals and extractions. I never seem to be able to...
May 27
I Want It My Way
Q: I’m not a dumb guy. I have many skills in many fields. That’s a good thing and a bad. Good because I see things that, in my field of...
May 12
The Gold Standard of Treatment
Q: Dr. Crapo: I am from Mexico. My husband and I moved to Canada forty years ago. We had a family and made a life here. My husband was a...
Apr 22
Implants To Replace Front Missing Teeth
Question: Dear Dr. Crapo: I’m a forty-five year old man with an upper partial denture that’s been there for fifteen years. I lost my...
Apr 8
My Worst Nightmare
Q:I’m terrified going to the dentist because of a nightmare surgery. My eye teeth were sideways – fangs under my lips. My front teeth...
Mar 25
Wrestling With Difficult Issues
Q: Dr. Crapo: My mother had a trauma to the head fifteen years ago. Since then her speech has deteriorated to a state that she only can...
Mar 3
Out of the Deep
Q: Dr. Crapo: I’m a hard working forty year old who owns his own construction business. I’ve been in construction since I was a...
Feb 19
This is Not a Gag!
Q: Dr. Crapo: About ten years ago I gave up on my teeth. They were crooked and full of fillings and every time I went to the dentist he’d...
Feb 4
Another Crossroad in My Life – How About Some Help
Q: I’m nearing my eighth decade. I’ve cared for my teeth in the best manner I could but at this point I find myself at a crossroads. I...
Jan 29
“What If We Didn’t Have Implants?”
Question: Dear Dr. Crapo: I’m eighty years old and I just broke a tooth, at least that’s what I thought, so I went to the dentist. It was...
Jan 14
Getting A Grip On Things!
Q: Dr. Crapo: Nine years ago, I decided I wanted a better set of teeth. I had an upper denture and seven lower teeth with a partial. I...
Dec 18, 2023
Heal Thyself – Not!
Q: Many years ago, I had a lot of dental work done. It has served me well, but about two years ago I was hit while driving on the side...
Dec 3, 2023
Headaches, Headaches, & More Headaches
Q: About eight years ago I had problems with my front teeth and they had to come out. I had to wait till my gums healed to get a partial...
Nov 19, 2023
What’s Happened to Your Teeth
Q: This is a hard letter/confession to vocalize. During the Covid time with all its precautions and warnings, I was affected more that I...
Nov 6, 2023
I Was Afraid To Deal With Teeth…Period. Then…
Q: Two years ago, I came to the realization that my teeth, my lower teeth wouldn’t make it through much more indecision. They were...
Oct 25, 2023
Instant Teeth, How Can That Be?
Q: I have worn an upper denture for most of my adult life. I have most of my lower teeth, thank goodness. My husband has gone through...
Sep 25, 2023
The “Big Deal” With Implants
Q: When I was twenty-five, I was told that my back teeth were soft. I was told they would never hold a filling, so my best bet would be...
Sep 11, 2023
Taking Your Lumps
Question: Dear Dr. Crapo: A year ago I decided to get my teeth capped. I had the dentist cap my six upper front teeth. I wanted to get...
Aug 28, 2023
“Back Breaking” Challenges
Question: Dear Dr. Crapo: Two years ago I was in a terrible accident where my back was broken in three places. Fortunately I survived the...
Aug 13, 2023
Radiation and Implants
Q: Dear Dr. Crapo: Twenty years ago I developed a lump under my jaw. I went through the tests and it was discovered to be a lymph node...
Jul 23, 2023
My Implant Broke!
Question: Dr. Crapo: A number of years ago I had a lot of dentistry. I had four implants put in. Two of them held a bridge on the upper...
Jul 16, 2023
Second Chances Can Be Miraculous
Q: When I was a kid, we moved around a lot – and I mean a lot – and always in the hinterlands. There were no medical or dental services...
Jun 25, 2023
What’s A Dental Sink Hole?
Q: About six weeks ago, I’d had it with my front teeth. They were so sharp they’d cut my tongue and it would literally bleed and then...
Jun 11, 2023
As Flabby as a Double Chin
Q: I don’t know if you’ve come across a problem like mine but it’s getting serious. I’ve managed to keep some of my teeth. They are all...
Jun 4, 2023
“Not Nah nah----na Nah Nah”
Q: I’m a sixty-three year old man. I’ve had bad teeth for the last twenty-five years. I’ve pressed my dentist for every idea under the...
May 25, 2023
But What if I Want to Keep My Teeth?
Q: I’ve kept most of my teeth to this point of my life even though I was told by my parents when I get old, I’d lose my teeth and have to...
May 14, 2023
Fussy... May Be Good
Q: Dr. Crapo: I’ve got a bit of a dilemma and I don’t know if I’m being too fussy, (aka) anal, or if my doctors dentists) are not...
May 7, 2023
Where There’s a Will, There’s Technology!
Q: As a kid I hated going to the dentist because every time I went it was because of a toothache and the dentist just pulled teeth. Even...
Apr 30, 2023
My Teeth Don’t Like My Cooking
Q: Many years ago as I decided my vocation, I fell in love with cooking. Almost forty years later, I still love to cook. I make very good...
Apr 17, 2023
Pulled In Different Directions!
Q: Dr. Crapo: Last week I went to the dentist because I had a bad ache in my upper right, last molar. When he looked at it he said it had...
Apr 9, 2023
Tooth or Consequence
Q: I’m a guy who can put off tooth pain with the best of them. I’m so good in fact that I’ve lost most of any back teeth. I get pain,...
Apr 2, 2023
How Big A Deal Is My Lost Crown?
Q: I am 56. Ten years ago, a gold crown came loose and fell off one of my right lower molars. The hollow tooth hasn't bothered me since...
Mar 26, 2023
Implants in Time Saves Mine!
Q: I retired three years ago and I’m in good health, but I’m having a hard time chewing my food. I have most of my lower teeth but only...
Mar 19, 2023
Serious Chewing
Q: I’m a youngish adult, early thirties. I have family in Canada and the US so one year it seems I’m getting my teeth cleaned in one...
Mar 12, 2023
Easy as 1, 2, 3
Question: Dear Dr. Crapo: I’m forty-five and have started a company that’s looking successful. I love the work and we’re growing. Up to...
Mar 5, 2023
I’m a Bad Boy
Q: When it comes to teeth, I’m a bad boy. I think it stems from the fact that I have a tremendous gag reflex. I mean, when a dentist gets...
Feb 26, 2023
What A Headache
Q: I have excellent health, at least I did until about eighteen months ago. I saw a dentist for some dental work and had two crowns done...
Feb 12, 2023
Self-Treatment, Oh My!
Q: I recently went to the dentist because I felt things in my mouth weren’t right. I hadn’t seen a dentist for eight years. He wanted to...
Feb 5, 2023
A Boatload of Trouble
Q: I just visited the dentist and I’m nervous, confused, and angry. I guess at myself. I’m nearly fifty and I go to the dentist because I...