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Pulled Tooth...
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Had a visit to the dentist this morning, to have a tooth pulled out. Everything went fine until after it was out, when she told me I had a stringy bit of flesh hanging out the hole. She said she didnt know what it was, she's never seen or heard of it before, but that it was definately a part of me and she was reluctant to cut it out without knowing what it actually was...help? Anyone got any ideas what it is?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would just like to agree with what has been said here,as a qualified dental nurse for over 17 years,I would defiantly change your dentist ASAP.It will either fall out over the next few days or be re absorbed by the body.I take it you where given advice on salt mouthwashes as from tomorrow,and not to rinse out today.I would guess it could be many things,non of them that bad,it could even be blood(You know like when you have had a nose bleed)but without seeing it I would not like to say for sure.
If you get that bothered about it,you could always visit some sort of hospital out of hours clinic/walk in centre,just to put your poor mind at ease.
Hope you are OK anyway and change that dentist!
Aya
If you get that bothered about it,you could always visit some sort of hospital out of hours clinic/walk in centre,just to put your poor mind at ease.
Hope you are OK anyway and change that dentist!
Aya
Nice response, thanks for all the answers. I think I may know what it is - for years I avoided the dentist (big time scaredy cat here) despite part of a filling falling out. Food often got stuck in it but I was able to just suck it out - is it possible over time the constant sucking has created a little bit of gum/skin/buccal mucosa that hangs away from the rest?
I'm actually more concerned now about the hard piece I can feel in the opposite side of the hole...feels sharp and soft - might this be cartilage of some sort? It was a molar btw, upper right.
Thanks again for all the replies.
p.s. she's gorgeous, her and the assistant...rather not give up on her just yet ;)
I'm actually more concerned now about the hard piece I can feel in the opposite side of the hole...feels sharp and soft - might this be cartilage of some sort? It was a molar btw, upper right.
Thanks again for all the replies.
p.s. she's gorgeous, her and the assistant...rather not give up on her just yet ;)