Anyone had a tooth out recently?

[porteous]

The title should read "out", not "our", of course

I went to see my nice Polish lady dentist (Ivankatheyanka) yesterday, having had a large upper molar mysteriously crumble a month or so ago, leaving about half the tooth on one side only. Saw her last week for an x-ray, at which she tutted quite a lot, so no great surprise when, after 20 minutes drilling and peering at it, she pronounced; "I can do nothing to fix. It have to come out".

It took half an hour and the wreckage came out in bits. Afterwards she explained "No. 4 molar is always difficult". You're telling me! Bled like a stuck pig for the rest of the day and feel definitely frail today.

I last had a tooth out over 40 years ago. I seem to recall it took about 2 minutes and the after effects were over in an hour. Does anybody know whether they get harder to deal with as you get older?

On the plus side, when I moaned about the effect on my smile she said; It is not a problem, you are handsome man".

She needs glasses! Anyway, I don't smile much!!

 

[accountantpete]

Might have been fused to the jaw making it difficult to pull.

I recently had one out and the dentist explained that in some people the thought of having a tooth out leads to a surge of adrenaline in the hours beforehand which can make you sleepy after the op or a bit off the next day.

 

[porteous]

Thanks Pete, There was certainly a surge of something! I still feel distictly beaten up, if not as bad as yestarday..

 

[TheDoctor]

The title should read "out", not "our", of course

Fixed!

 

[Wolf04]

Just wait till She mentions an implant to replace it. Your eyes will water when you hear the price.

 

[Aperitif]

Naughty porteous

I take it you didn't have a polish afterwards...

 

[upsidedown]

I had one of the bottom molars out late yesterday afternoon, it was mostly filling, and when that broke she said it would be easier to remove than rebuild.
Very quick and easy, but as mentioned, the adrenaline before made me feel a bit drained after. She did look a bit surprised that i was going to ride 5 miles home afterwards though.
I'd built an image up in my mind of bone and blood everywhere, but the most painful thing was the injection at the start.

Feel a bit tired today and the jaw is a bit tender, and eating a pizza last night took a while.

 

[postman]

Oh don't mention teeth .The one i was praising my new dentist about .Filled it then took it out .Then needed a course of anti biotics.
Well the pain has come back anything cold argh .Going again tomorrow.Please be sorted before xmas .I ask myself did we take out the wrong one ?

 

[RedBike]

I did a cyclocross race a few hours after having my tooth out. Stupid really.
Your not suppost to do anything like that. (I didn't know at the time)

 

[661-Pete]

Sympathies Porteous! I have only had one tooth extracted, an upper incisor, after a cycling 'off', and I didn't feel a thing . But the further back the tooth the more uncomfortable it gets. But you will get over it. A bridge might be an easier option than an implant, especially if the teeth to either side are sound.

I'm a bit puzzled by the 'no. 4 molar' reference. There is no such thing as a 'no. 4 molar': 'no. 4' in dentists' parlance is the first pre-molar (assuming you have (or at least, had) a full set of adult teeth). Teeth are numbered, starting from the centre and going out to each corner: 1=incisor, 2=incisor, 3=canine, 4=pre-molar, 5=pre-molar, 6=molar, 7=molar, 8=molar (wisdom tooth). Perhaps 'pre-molar' is what your dentist said - or meant to say.

 

[Melvil]

I had a front tooth that was really occluded, very small and kept getting stained because it was very hard to brush it. So I had it out, a purely cosmetic thing. I still kind of 'feel it' though, like a phantom thing. Wierd, eh.

 

[CopperBrompton]

A bridge might be an easier option than an implant, especially if the teeth to either side are sound.

Certainly cheaper!

 

[TVC]

Having a tooth out - piffle. When I had both my front teeth shattered in my collision I needed 11 dental appointments over 8 weeks whilst they reconstructed the front of my mouth and fitted crowns to spikes they drove into my skull to support them.

That's proper dentistry!

 

[upsidedown]

Having a tooth out - piffle. When I had both my front teeth shattered in my collision I needed 11 dental appointments over 8 weeks whilst they reconstructed the front of my mouth and fitted crowns to spikes they drove into my skull to support them.

That's proper dentistry!

oh my god

 

[CopperBrompton]

I believe that dentists tend to refer to them as 'implants' rather than 'spikes with crowns on'. :-D