Dr. John Rohm, DMD

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480 Penn Lincoln Dr Imperial PA, 15126 Show map

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Dr. John Rohm is a Dentist practicing in Imperial, PA. Dr. Rohm 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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How long should a dental bone graft hurt?
How traumatic was the surgery? What type of graft was performed? How large was the area that is involved? What response do YOU have to treatment? All of these factors and more go into the answer. The graft is a surgical wound. Like any wound, it goes through several stages of healing. The acute phase is the immediate response, this can last from 48 hours to a week. After this is a consolidation phase, then a maturation phase of the area. All of this can feel abnormal. Most of the time, a graft is like an extraction. READ MORE
How long after a root canal should you get a permanent filling?
The access the hole that the root canal is performed through should be sealed with some sort of bonded restoration as soon as possible. Many root canals fail because of inadequate or improper sealing of this access. Bacteria enter the system and migrate down the root canal filling material causing most of failures of endodontically treated teeth READ MORE
How long does it take to pull a front tooth?
It depends on many factors: How decayed is the tooth? What is the periodontal status of the tooth? Was the tooth involved in some kind of trauma many years ago that has led to ankylosis of the tooth? Are you trying to preserve thin bone for future implant placement? There is no simple answer. After anesthetic, it could be 30 seconds to 2 hours. READ MORE
What kind of baking soda do you use for your teeth?
You can use the regular kind you can get in the baking section at any grocery store. BUT you shouldn't use this on a daily basis, it is much more abrasive than regular toothpaste. If you want to stay away from the usual crest/colgate use an organic or propolis toothpaste. READ MORE
What is the best way to clean partial dentures?
It does depend on what type of partial denture you have. If you have one that is all gum colored and kind of flexible, there is a special cleaner to get from your dentist. If the partial has a rigid gum colored material, you can soak these in denture cleaner and use a brush designed for dentures to brush them. DO NOT use regular toothpaste or toothbrush, these are harder and more abrasive, which will lead to scratches on the surface and contribute to bacterial accumulation. READ MORE
Can root planing loosen teeth?
Root planing and scaling is the treatment to remove tartar and calculus from the sides of the teeth and under the gum. This facilitates a healthy periodontal (gum) environment. If teeth feel loose after this treatment, it is likely because there was so much calculus around the teeth that they were effectively tied together by this debris. Once this was removed the teeth were able to move, especially if there was significant bone loss around the teeth READ MORE
How do you know if your gums are healing after a tooth extraction?
At first there will be a white area where the tooth was extracted surrounded by a red area. After the first week this will not be as red, then the area will slowly get covered by the gum growing aver the area. This healing is the same as any cut on your arm its just that it is waterlogged from your saliva, so the first part is white. Depending on the extraction there may be little chips of bone that come out over time. READ MORE
What happens if you don't floss while having braces?
There con be a couple things; First your gums can grow up around the brackets and teeth to such an extent that the braces will have to be removed until the gums return to health. Second the plaque that builds up on your teeth, builds up around the brackets, this leads to marks on the teeth after the brackets are removed, at best. Worse is the increased chance of decay around the brackets which leads to fillings and more problems for the rest of your life. READ MORE
Can I use Sensodyne if I don't have sensitive teeth?
Yes, you can use it. Sensodyne has some extra ingredients than any other toothpaste to help with sensitivity, but it still does the same thing a regular toothpaste will do. Clean the debris and biofilm off of your teeth so that plaque does not accumulate READ MORE
Do fillings weaken teeth?
Anything that removes the original tooth structure "weakens" the tooth. But fillings aren't just put a tooth randomly, they are used to replace tooth structure that is lost due to fracture or decay. Today's materials bond to the tooth to help strengthen the overall result. READ MORE
How long does it take to get used to partial dentures?
Everyone is different in the way they get used to new things. One person can wear a pair of shoes out of the box, while another gets blisters for weeks. Sore spots will need to be adjusted and your muscles have to get used to all that stuff in your mouth. At first it may be best to sleep with the appliances. READ MORE
Why do I feel pain with my Invisalign aligners?
Discomfort when putting in new retainers is normal, it's this pressure that tells you the teeth are moving. If there are sores on your gum they should be looked at to get adujusted READ MORE
Can you brush your teeth after bone graft?
Yes, you still need to brush your teeth to control the bacteria in your mouth. You just need to lighten up in the area of the graft for a week or so until the tenderness goes away READ MORE
Does massaging gums help receding?
You should be brushing in the groove where your gum and tooth meet whenever you brush. You don't need to have a separate step to massage the gum. You can also scrub to hard and increase the recession. READ MORE
Can you drink coffee after dental bonding?
Sure, coffee will stain your teeth and any bonding you have the same way. It depends of the amount of coffee, dry mouth smoking, red wine, etc. that you expose yourself to. Unless you hold a mouthful of coffee on the bonding READ MORE
Do gum line fillings hurt?
They don't bother me a bit! No more than any other filling in mouth, it depends on the severity, size of the cavity, and how close the cavity is to the nerve. READ MORE
Does wisdom teeth pain come and go?
Yes, you get "teething" pain as they erupt or you can get cavity pain when they are some of the way in and there is a cavity. That's why it's best to plan for their removal, instead of waiting for them to really hurt. Then it's usually the day before your vacation! READ MORE
Do I need antibiotics for an infected wisdom tooth?
If you have swelling, bleeding red gums. Yes if there is a problem with the wisdom tooth that requires it to be extracted antibiotics will only decrease the symptom it will not correct the problem READ MORE
Is it normal for new dentures to hurt?
The short answer is yes, a new set of dentures will generally require several adjustments to remove sore spots and pressure points. READ MORE
How long after teeth removal can I get dentures?
This depends on the number of teeth that are to be removed. The bone changes significantly were the teeth were for the first 6 weeks after removal. This remodeling continues, but at a slower pace forever, this is why dentures get loose after a time. Generally we wait 6 weeks after extractions to start denture impressions. READ MORE