Re: Wisdom Teeth


Thespian wrote:
> I had 4 wisdom teeth pulled 8 days ago. One of the teeth I guess was
> complicated and they had to drill into my bone and split my gum or
> something allong those lines. I woke up before it was done and he was
> cracking that tooth with pliers and then I went back to sleep.
>
> That one socket is still in the most pain and I looked in there today
> and it appears as if there is a little piece of tooth. I poked it with
> a toothpick and it felt hard and didn't hurt. It also appears that my
> cheek is kinda mutelated and it will heel that way (not too bad but
> kinda sloppy). The pain in that socket is from the cut wounds not from
> that piece of tooth.
>
> I think everything will eventually heal but that piece of tooth has me
> baffled. Should I go get a second opinion if that's even possible? My
> surgeon is around only once a month.
>
> Some of my regular teeth are also in pain since the surgery. They feel
> sensitive and it annoying the hell out of me. Could it be that the
> nerves run through all the teeth and if there's pain in one it's
> possible to have pain in others at the same time?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dave.
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You say that your surgeon "is around only once a month." Since surgery
commonly involves the need for post-operative visits, it is the
surgeon's responsibility to take care of any problems that crop up in
the postsurgical period.

The surgeon can either answer your call himself and take care of your
needs, or he can arrange for another dentist to attend to any surgical
sequelae. Either way, it is the surgeon's responsibility to arrange for
postsurgical care.

Often the surgeon wonders why you haven't called yet. Have you called
him?

Best regards,
- dentaldoc

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