Q: Make sure to keep an eye on your teeth in between dental visits. Watch for a discolored spot on the surface of the tooth. It could be close to black, brown, or even off-white. If the tooth is painful, that is another sign. The pain from a rotting tooth may be severe and ongoing or only triggered by hot or cold temperatures. Continual bad breath is another sign of tooth damage. A cavity is a hole in your tooth. These gaps make it possible for damaging bacteria to get inside your tooth. If a cavity remains untreated, the tooth will only get worse. It can even lead to another cavity in the same tooth. If only part of a tooth is rotten, it may be possible to fill a cavity hole. Talk with your dentist about the types of fillings that are available, including silver, composite resin, or copper. The filling process is done in-office and usually only requires local anesthesia. However, it's possible that your dentist will suggest a crown or another procedure after working to prepare a tooth for a filling. If the tooth is beyond repair or compromised by multiple fillings, you may need to get it crowned. This is where your dentist will place a "cap" or molded covering over the entire tooth. The tooth itself will be filed away to remove any rotten portions. This procedure usually takes a few hours and requires a local anesthetic. You may also need to get a root canal before a crown if the dentist believes the roots of the tooth are dead as well. If you have severe bone loss due to rotting teeth or if your gums have receded to a painful extent, your dentist may suggest corrective surgery. This is an in-office procedure where your dentist will place tiny shards of good bone in rotted areas. Your dentist may also graft new tissue on to spots where your gums have receded. If the tooth is decayed to the point where it's causing gum problems, your dentist may advise pulling it out completely. This is a procedure that requires local anesthesia and can usually be done in your dentist's office. After the tooth is pulled, your dentist may put a bridge in to hold the space in your mouth.
A: Recognize the symptoms of tooth decay. Treat cavities as soon as you notice them. Consent to a filling for partly rotten teeth. Get a crown if the tooth is not salvageable. Agree to surgery for periodontitis. Remove the tooth entirely if it is rotting your gums.

Q: Fill a saucepan with enough water to fully cover the fiddleheads. When the water has come to a full boil, add salt. Return the water to a full boil, then cook for 15 minutes.
A: Boil water. Add a pinch of salt. Stir in fiddleheads.

Q: If you see a number (1, 2, etc.) on the envelope, there are that many unread questions in your inbox. If there is no number, you don't have any questions to answer (yet!). You'll see a list of every question you've been asked since enabling the Ask feature. If you have a new question, it will appear at the top of the list. Type your response in the text field that appears below. To respond to the user privately, click "Answer Privately" when you're ready to send the message. If you want the response to be posted to your blog as a public post, click "Post." If the question was asked anonymously, you can only respond publicly. Anyone will be able to reblog your public responses, just as they would your regular posts. If you don't want your responses reblogged, respond to your questions privately.
A: Look at the envelope icon at the top right corner of the dashboard. Click the envelope. Click the pencil icon at the bottom right corner of the question. Decide whether or not to make your response public.

Q: You already know that you have feelings for this person. If you have not fully admitted to yourself just how strong those feelings are, though, you will need to do that before you can start getting over them. Ignoring the strength of the enemyin this case, your own feelings of affection will only make it more difficult to triumph in the end. Even though you never actually dated, you invested a lot of time, energy, and emotion into this person. The depth of your feelings probably reflect this. Resist the urge to brush this off as nothing more than a "silly little crush." Admitting to the full depth of your feelings may knock your pride down a peg or two, but ultimately, this action will be more helpful than letting yourself stay in denial. There are two main truths you need to admit to. First, the person in question does not share your feelings. Second, your situation is no different from that of others who have suffered the same fate. Your feelings are one-sided. Even if you know this deep down, honestly admitting this to yourself can be one of the toughest parts of the whole process. You might want to think that something can happen between the two of you, but the fact of the matter is that your feelings are not mutual. Others have gone through the same thing you are going through now. The good news is that this means you are not alone and that you can survive this just as well as all the others who have gone before you have. The bad news is that, odds are, your situation is no exception to the rule. You might think that you can make the other person fall for you, but in spite of what romance novels and movies suggest, this rarely happens in real life. Your situation is far more likely to follow the path of reality than of fiction. Being head-over-heels for someone can be a nice feeling, but after a certain point, that feeling brings you more pain than pleasure. Letting go of the feeling will make you a happier person in the long run. Ask yourself if you are really, honestly happy with the way things are now. Chances are, if you are online and reading articles about how to get over someone you never dated, the answer is "no." If you are not happy, then the best thing to do is move on so that you can be happy again. The person you adore might say or do something genuinely misleading on occasion, but more often than not, the supposedly misleading things that person does are only misleading because you are desperate for hope. If an action does not express affection on the surface, do not tell yourself that it does so beneath the surface. The vast majority of guys will be obvious about it if they like you back. While girls are a bit more notorious for giving off mixed signals, if you are obvious enough about your own feelings and she does not respond in kind, she is probably not interested in you in that way. The two of you likely have some history of interaction, and you may have let yourself believe that the interaction between you indicated a possible spark. Think back and be honest with yourself about whether or not that spark ever existed. Treat your memories with the same objective eye you have begun to use when viewing your present interactions.
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Admit to your feelings. Tell yourself the truth. Realize that it is not worth it. Stop reading into things. Review your memories.