I Went To The Dentist Yesterday And Had 5 Teeth Removed.

[sandyRoe]

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?

[Mamyalynne]

It will only have been just enough to access the tooth's roots.

http://www.animated-teeth.com/tooth_extractions/a-surgical-extractions.htm#bone.removal

[Peter Pedant]

or a piece of your brain ?

yes if it is lower jaw and the upper jaw is call maxilla
there is a dentist on AB - but basically for you and me if the roots are curly wurly then small bit of bone goes with it

does this mean the next time you chew a banana
bits of it will fall thro the hole left, onto the floor ?
No, that will not happen...

[sandyRoe]

As it turned out it was no big deal. But I spent a long 24 hours fretting about it.

[wolf63]

I have had two molars removed in the last few years and both had "Curly Wurly" roots. The guy kept repeating that there was no problem and it would be out in a minute - for the best bit of half an hour. It hurt badly and I went to see my doctor for painkillers.

You will be okay but it was weeks before my mouth felt normal.

The other option was root canal treatment and I honestly couldn't be bothered with that.

I hope that you don't encounter any problems with it.

[NoMercy]

A helpful post from Mamya, followed by a bone head post from PP.

I hope you're feeling better now, Sandy.

[sandyRoe]

Only problem so far is a spoonful of soup dribbling down my beard when I started on a liquid supper.

[Mamyalynne]

Thoughtless of me, hope all heals well Sandy.

I am a dentist phobic but nothing is ever quite as bad as we fear.

[sandyRoe]

Not thoughtless at all. You provided an informative link.

[NoMercy]

No one could ever call you thoughtless, Mamya.

[DTCwordfan]

A glass of vintage port, ideally a 1966 Warres, is an excellent bed-time comforter, sandy, who has had such an extraction.....

[sandyRoe]

I bought a bottle of Chilean Malbec on the way home and I'll have a glass or two, strictly for medicinal purposes, if I can find the straws.

[Garaman]

Hope that your recovery is quick. I had a three out a a few years ago and implants inserted. I am very pleased with the result. They help prevent bone loss though the gums still recede a bit, but worth it in my opinion.
Best.

[sandyRoe]

TY, Garaman . I'll get an acrylic bridge and hope what teeth I have left support it.

[anneasquith]

Hope you have some painkillers at hand sandy ?

[Old_Geezer]

You have my sympathy.

[sandyRoe]

I've a sheet of Co-codomal 30/500, ten in all. I'll take a couple before bed. They'll maybe help me get a good night's sleep.

[Tilly2]

Well that's a bit more weight gone, Sandy. How much does five teeth weigh?

[sandyRoe]

They were half rotten, so maybe 30 grammes in total.
Every little counts.

[Peter Pedant]

sandy I think you have been a little soldier in allthis

pain relief
take two co codamols before you go to bed ( one gram)
you are allowed five more grams within the next twenty four hours
if you wake tonight - fevered brow etc - Macbeth hath murdered sleep all that sort of thing - then break thro pain can betreated with ibuprofen

take another two tablets on waking and thereafter four spaced out during the day

[jno]

yes, if needed you should be able to alternate ibuprofen and cocadamol every couple of hours.