Dr. Dr. Virginia Chin, Dentist
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Dr. Dr. Virginia Chin

Dentist

10801 Main St Suite 500 & 600 Fairfax VA, 22030
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Dr. Virginia Chin is a Dentist practicing in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Chin specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases and conditions associated with the mouth and overall dental health. Dentists are trained to carry out such treatment as professional cleaning, restorative, prosthodontic, and endodontic procedures, and performing examinations, among many others.

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  • Is bleeding normal 2 days after implant surgery?

    Thank you for asking the questions! Depending on the extends of your dental implant surgery ( for example, how many tooth / teeth is / are being removed ? Is the patient need bone grafting on the same visit where the implant is placed at the same time? How many implant(s) did you received on the day of the surgery. Were you taking any blood thinner medications? Di you follow the post-operative instructions prpperly? and etc.) It is NOT uncommon and not unsual to have a small amount of oozing, or bleeding 2 days after the implant surgery. The important things you need to do are (i) make sure you do not take any blood thinning medications two days before and two days after the surgery. Do NOT perform any exercise. DO NOT use straw to drink. DO NOT smoke. DO NOT use any mouthwash that conatins alcohol. DO NOT brush the surgical area. DO NOT spit.Other the other hands, please-DO keep the gauze in the surgical site and maintain heavy pressure, which will stop bleeding in 2-4 hours for most people. Change the gauze once every hour.-Take some calcium suppliment ( about 400mg daily), which promote bone fromation. -Do take Vitamin B complex and Vitamine C, which promote blood capilary walls formation abd healing.- Have you tried to placea wet tea bag over the surgical site and apply pressure onto it. Tea has ingredient that also helps to promote clotting. If you ahve tried all of the above methods and you still have bleeding, I would suggest that you call your dental surgeon right away and let him/her take a look at it ASAP. I hope that it will answer your quetions! God bless you! Dr. Chin READ MORE

  • Can I use salt water rinse a week after implant surgery?

    Thank you for asking that question! Yes, You should continue to use salt water to rinse until the surgical site-- i.e. the gum tissue- is completely closed / healed. Dr. Chin READ MORE

  • Do teeth stay straight after Invisalign?

    Thank you for asking such a good questions! Teeth will get straignten up after the Invsalign treatment. However, you need to wear the retainers at night time pretty much for the rest of you life in order to keep your teeth in a straight position. Otherwise, your teeth will relapse ( i.e. shift and move ) again. READ MORE

  • What pain medications can I take after a root canal?

    Good questions! After you have a Root Canal, and depending on how much post-operative pain you might experiencce, you may take any one of the Over-the-Counter non-steroid anti-inflamatory medication such as Advil, Mortin or the generic products of Ibuprofen. They are usually 200mg each tablets. You may take anywhere 600 mg to 8oomg each time. Please DO NOT take more than a total of 2400 mg ( that is 12 tablets ) per day. Or else you may over-dose and cause ulceration/ bleeding in your stomach. Please this medication after you ahve a full stomach. Do NOT take it with empty stomach.However, if you are allergic to the above medication, please do not take Ibuprofen. You may take over-the-counter Tyenolor Acetaminophine instead. It is usually either in a 325 mg or 500mg each tablet. If you takes Tylenol, please DO NOT take more than 4000 mg per day. Hope that will help! May God Bless you! READ MORE

  • What mouthwash is best after a root canal?

    Thank you for asking that questions! There no any particular brand of mouthwash you use after Root canal Treatment. Under normal situation, you don't need to use any mouthwash fter Root Canal Treatment. However, If you really want to , I personally prefer to use Listerine. ! Hope that will help! Have Blessed day! READ MORE

  • Co you need a root canal before getting a zirconia crown?

    Thank you for asking the question!Under normal circumstance, the reasons that a tooth that needs to have a cap ( as in your case -a Zirconia crown } are because of the following conditions : -- (i) there is a very large existing restoration / filling, (ii) part of the coronal tooth structure was broken, (iii) a crack line on a tooth was diagnosed by your dentist. (iv) the tooth has shown some clinical sings of symptoms, such as pain, sensitivity to hot temperature, or to biting pressure, to hard crunchy food. (iv) a tooth had already had root canal treatment preformed. If your tooth has none of the above conditions / situation, then you do not need to have root canal treatment. I hope that this will help you ! God Bless ! READ MORE

  • How can I fix jaw pain from dentures?

    Hello,Thank you asking the question! However, I need more information about your jaw pain and the denture before I may be able to answer you question. Could you please tell me more about the history of your denture(s) and your jaw pain, such as (i) how many years did you have the denture, (ii) did the denture causes soreness and/or pain on your gum tissue inside your mouth? (iii) Do you wear the denture when you sleep ? (iv) When did your jaw joints pain start ? (v) is the jaw pain limited only on one side, or on both sides of the jaw joints? (vi) Does your jaw pain comes when you chew / eat? or is there any pain on your jaw even when you are NOT chewing/ eating? Please kindly provides some history from above. then I will see if I can answer your question more specifically. Thank you look forwards to hearing form you ! READ MORE

  • How many implants can you get in one visit?

    Hi, Thank you for asking this good question! It depends on several conditions but nor limited to the following;--The medical health of an individual, How long ago has a person missing his/her teeth. The amount of bone and the architecture of the implant sites. Under ALL ideal condition, you can have as many implant as necessary to be place at a single visit. In you case, three implants at one visit. However, When any of the conditions mentioned above is/are not ideal, you can not place all three at once time. For example , if there not enough bone width and/or bone height in any one, or all of your missing teeth area, or you may need a sinus lift procedure first, then you may need some bone grafting ( or augmentation ) procedures, prior to placing an dental implant. Hope that answer your question! God bless you ! READ MORE

  • Can deep cleaning damage gums?

    Thank you for asking this good questions. I t is a mis-conception that deep will hurt your gum. The truth is that deep cleaning will only remove the infected part of the gum tissue. It is the infected soft tissue that is under constant bacterial assault and chronic inflamation. Once the source of irritants ( such as calcified plaque, also know as tartar ) are being removed in the process of deep cleaning, your gum will become healthy. Firm and no more bleeding. Deep cleaning can divides into two types. Non- surgical approach and surgical approach. In some adnvanced stage of gum desease, regular ( Non- surgiacl approach ) deep cleaning along will not reslove the problem. In those instance, a “surgical approach” of deep cleaning may be necessary to control and/ or stop the condition. In short, Deep cleaning will NOT damage gum. READ MORE

  • How soon can I get a filling after a root canal?

    Hi, Thank you for Asking the important Question! As soon as you have a root canal treatment complete and the tooth has no more symptom such as pain, swelling, pus nor biting pressure. Then you should have the final filling placed. I know that some dentists will place the filling and even prepare the tooth for a crown immediately right after the root canal treatment is completed on the very same visit. This can be very risky especially if there were still, pain, pus oozing from the gum area and swelling presence. These are the contraindications to put a filling on the very same visit. Dr. Chin READ MORE

  • Should I get an implant for a front missing tooth?

    Answer: Thank you for asking this great question! As long as you have a good amount of and sounded bone, and if you DO NOT have any underlying healthy condition, such as osteoporosis, non-controllable diabetes and/ or high blood pressure, recent organ transplant surgery or active gum disease, then it is your own preference to get an implant for a front tooth. Assuming you have no any healthy conditions mentioned above, then implant is a good choice. Unlike a conventional fixed dental prosthesis ( also known as bridge), in which the patient will sacrifice a minimum of two adjacent teeth in order to have a fixed bridge to replace one missing front tooth. The advantage of have a single unit dental implant front tooth is that the adjacent teeth will be spare from being trimmed down in the preparation stage. I hope that this will be of helpful to you! READ MORE

  • Is it safe to brush your teeth if you have bleeding gums?

    Hi, Thank you for asking! This is a great question. Many people stop brushing their teeth as soon as they notice that their gum bleeds. Usually, the bleeding gum is resulted from lack of proper throughrough cleaning ( i.e. flossing and brushing), where plaque accumulated under and around the gum. If you notice that that your gum keep bleeding during brushing for more than a couple of weeks, one should go to his/her dentist and check out what is the fundamental cause. DO NOT delay to make a dental appointment. Let the Dentist perform the exam and he/she will provide you with a good diagnosis and treatment plan to stop the bleeding gum situation! Hope this will help ! Blessings to you! READ MORE

  • Can I talk after dental implant surgery?

    Hello, Thank you for asking the question! It depends on how many dental implant(s) you are going to receive and how complicated the surgery may be. Every patient response to the implant surgery somewhat differently!If you have ONE OR TWO implant(s) placement, it is not very painful. Under normal circumstance, the surgical site will be sore for a couple of days from the incision and sutures. You shall be able to talk on the same day of the implant surgery. Most of time, the over the counter pain medication such as Ibuprofen, Advil and Tylenol will be enough to control the discomfort.However, if you are going to have multiple tooth extraction, bone grafting and multiple implants placement all performed at the same visit, you will have more and longer duration of pain, which will affect your talk. Hope that will help. God bless on your dental implant surgery! READ MORE

  • Can I drink through a straw with a temporary crown?

    Thank you for asking the question! Yes, You can drink through a straw with a temporary crown. In fact, you may even drink with cups or glass the usual ways you drink without using a straw. READ MORE

  • Do you fix a broken dental bridge?

    Hi, Thank you so much for asking the questions! It really depends on how severe or what level of damage was your fixed dental bridge was. If it is the connection ( or the soldering joint) between the fix bridge is broken, then there is nothing to fix it except to replaced a new one. It it was only the porcelain portion chipped, there is really nothing much to " glue" the porcelain back neither. If you could submit some good quality photos of the broken bridge, hopefully I may be able to view it and give you some free advise. God bless ! READ MORE

  • Which is better zirconia or ceramic crown for the front tooth?

    Hi, The new dental materials has been improved so much better in the last decade. If you are going to have a crown on your front teeth, Please ask your dentist to prescribe you for Layered Zirconia crown if you are looking for a stronger material. Zirconia is much stronger than regular old-fashion all ceramic jacket crown. All the best READ MORE

  • Bitterness in mouth

    Hello, my young friend: First of all, I would like to thank you for bringing up this question to my attention! Your mouth/ tongue feel bitter after you swallow the sperm of a thirty years old man. There are quite a number of reason why your tongue turns to bitterness. Semen made up many different chemical compounds in it. Number one reason it taste bitter is that old friend's personal hygiene issue. If he didn't keep a good body hygiene in his private area, allowing sweat to stay around that area, it will affect the taste of his semen. Other important contributing factors includes, but not limited to, consumption of alcohol, smoking, use of drugs, certain kind of food, such as Asparagus, onion, garlic. If you tongue taste bitterness after that particular encounter event, then, if you want to get rid of the bitterness on your tongue, you may try to use several of the following remedies. (i) try to use about 0.5 - 1.0 oz of Vinagar to rinse you mouth a couple times a day for few days. Or (ii) use an over-the-counter mouth wash such as Listerine to rinse your mouth twice daily. (iii) brush you tongue after you brush your teeth. (iv) chew/ eat a few small wedges of fresh lemon, allowing the lemon pulp stay in your mouth, for just about a minute and swallow the lemon pulp. The best way to not to have the bitterness on you tongue is that I would strongly suggest you NOT try to swallow anyone else's semen from now on. If ,and only if, you want to do it again, then just swallow your own semen. Why? It is because semen from other people, like blood, can carry many blood-borne pathogen such as Sexually Transmitted Disease, including, but not limited to AIDS, Hepatitis, which is in-curable in today's medical technology. Your own blood and your own semen are " relatively safe and clean. The should be no foreign germs under normal circumstance. In fact, it will be even better that you should not be engage in oral sex with anyone else. Bacteria and viruses ( for example herpes ) can also be transmit from other people into your mouth during oral sex. God has given you a male body. Your body is still growing physically, mentally and emotionally. I would highly encourage you to learn to develop a normal and healthy social relationship with opposite sex. There many good sources you can learn how to develop a healthy relationship with female friends. If possible, I would really encourage you not to continue having the abnormal sexual behavior with another old boy/ man of the same sex. You can ask for help in school counselor, a medical doctors, or a clinical phycologist. I hope that this will help you and give you some positive advise ! Blessings to you ! READ MORE

  • Do you have to wear a retainer forever after Invisalign?

    Yes, Whether you have Invisalign or conventional Orthodontic treatment, one should wear the retainer(s) for a life time. READ MORE

  • How can I prevent infection after dental implant?

    Under normal circumstance, the chance of having infection after dental implant is very un-usual. Assume that the dentist follow all OSHA regulation and protocol. and that the patient follow the proper post-operative instructions provided by your dentist. In some instance, your dentist may prescribe you with some antibiotics and prescription mouthwash. Please note that smoking and using tobacco products; consuming alcohol are common reasons causing post implant infection. Sometime, oral antibiotics may be needed READ MORE

  • How long does the crown placement procedure take?

    A single crown placement procedure normally takes about anywhere between 20 - 30 minutes if there is no other un-expected thing happens. READ MORE

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10801 Main St Suite 500 & 600 -
Fairfax, VA 22030
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