Re: dental extractions--rate of complications..

From: ares (ares_at_verizon.net)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:57:01 GMT

I'd say dry sockets are more common than rare. Then some people might bleed
extra or others might get some bone poking through during healing. I see
many complications but most aren't calamaties.
ares

"Shad J. Lewis, DMD, MA" <shadlewis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Let's put it another way - if you needed heart surgery, will you be
thinking
> with your pocket book then? Nuff said.
>
> It's always better to pay a little more in the beginning to spare future
> problems. Even oral surgeons can't say with complete accuracy that an
> extraction will be simple or surgical - what if the crown snaps off and
they
> have to flap your gums, remove some bone for a gripping point? You can
> never tell.
>
> On a side note, being an RN, I'm assuming you have dental insurance (every
> RN I know does). Why have you neglected your teeth? The best way to
"avoid
> getting more entangled...with dental problems in the long run" is to
> maintain your periodic checkups - that's when small problems are taken
care
> of before they come big problems - like now.
>
> Hope all goes well.
>
> --
> Shad Lewis
> www.WyomissingSmiles.com
>
>
> "RuthSisler" <ruthsisler@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20041116223703.22033.00000760@mb-m06.aol.com...
> >
> > I'm in very good health (In my early 50s), am an RN, know pretty
> > well how to take care of myself..but have --apparently--neglected
> > my teeth ...have been told by two reputable specialists ("suggested"
> > is a better word for it)..that #15 be extracted--just had a root canal
> > done, ...but the crown fits poorly, creating a large gap....and little
> > bone available..
> > will probably not have an implant there...(*18 will need extraction
> > eventually).....What is the complication rate on extractions.? Do I
> > need o see an oral surgeon for what I presume to be a simple extraction?
> > Browing variious sites on Google, for example, gives me pause: (there's
> > things like "cavitations" and such. I'd rather avoid the costs of a
> > oral surgeon...my pocketbook right now is a consideration.
> >
> > Yet, want to avoid getting more entangled...with dental problems
> > in the long run. Please give suggestion, or a site i can read (in terms
> > on problems and complications of dental extractions, and whether
> > or not extractions generally go quite routinely, given good post-op
> > care and good health...
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > Ruth
>
>