Tips for recovery from tooth extraction?
Care to share your tips for coping post-tooth removal? After efforts to avoid this end have failed I am (at age 39!!) about to have my upper wisdom teeth and, unfortunately, the molars in front of...
View ArticleLook into my mouth, tell me what you see
After an uncomplicated lower wisdom tooth extraction, what can you see with an ordinary flashlight & mirror? I had my two lower wisdom teeth removed yesterday morning. It went smoothly: I was in...
View ArticleTheodoric of York, Medieval Barber
Should I have this tooth pulled tomorrow? Yesterday morning, I woke up with a toothache that got worse during the day and overnight. Today I saw my endodontist, who says I have root resorbtion and we...
View ArticleWhat shape will I be in after my mouth goes booom?
I'm having a tooth extraction + bone graft + dental implant on Thursday on the lower left side molar closest to the jaw joint on the back of my mouth. Have you had something similar? Could I ask you a...
View ArticleThis wasn't in the aftercare booklet...
SillyQuestionFilter: When can I make out after having a wisdom tooth out? I had one wisdom tooth taken out last week. It wasn't a bad extraction because it was already grown in so they didn't have to...
View ArticleTooth extraction and returning to normal teeth cleaning?
Three weeks ago I had a molar extracted. There were no complications with the extraction or the immediate aftermath. My normal teeth cleaning routine involves using an electric toothbrush and mouthwash...
View ArticleTeeth extraction woes
My boyfriend is getting 7 teeth extracted tomorrow and a temporary denture placed at the same time. He's afraid of the dentist and had been a real champ about getting this set up, but now he's...
View ArticleWhat happens if I don't get a pulled tooth replaced?
I have to have one molar on the left side, third from the back (counting the wisdom tooth) pulled. I am 72 years old. Do I have to have the tooth replaced (probably with an implant)? What happens if I...
View Article"Conscious" IV sedation failed at the dentist - what now?
Yesterday I had two root canals and two extractions at the dentist while under IV sedation. But I never fell "asleep" and I remember pretty much everything that happened and now I'm even more terrified...
View ArticleCare after tooth extraction
My poor husband has been diagnosed with severe periodontal disease and is going to have to get a few teeth pulled next week. I'm sure he's going to feel miserable after. What can I do to help him feel...
View ArticleTooth extraction and bone graft and marijuana
Had two teeth removed and bone grafts put in...can I smoke just a tiny bit of weed? Hello, You are not my periodontist, oral surgeon, or dentist. I had two teeth removed today - upper right #2 and #3....
View ArticleLosing molars, how to decide?
Dentist wants to pull my remaining two molars on the top left side. Both teeth have old root canals and crowns, though the teeth to me seem sturdy with no looseness. But, I did go in to get a cavity...
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