She also wanted to take out the stump of another because there was infection in the gum around it. It wouldn't budge so I had to go back today when it was removed surgically. It's gone now but think she said she had to remove a piece of bone. Did she mean a piece of jawbone?
Sandyroe - normally a 'surgical extraction' will involve bone removal in order to gain purchase on the root frament and to facilitate a path of removal. The area of bone removed is called alveolar bone and it is this part of the jaw bone that supports the teeth. Following tooth loss, this alveoalar bone will shrink away naturally (as the body thinks it now...
I'd forgotten the off licence closes early on a Sunday so I had to ration what cigarettes I had and go without the port.
I bought a bottle of Graham's, The Tawny, this morning so I can have a glass tonight.
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