Dental advice following tooth extraction please?

[TonyRPH]

I had a tooth (molar) extracted 9 days ago.

It was a very traumatic extraction, in that the tooth had to be cut in half to get it out.

The socket has taken on a slightly sunken look, and there is what appears to be a white blob in the centre.

I don't currently have a dentist - the extraction was performed by an emergency NHS dentist (who by all accounts was excellent by the way).

Does this look normal?

I have hidden the images inside a spoiler to prevent anyone unwittingly seeing something they wouldn't want to!

Thanks in advance.

Apologies for the poor image quality, it's the best I could do with my el cheapo USB microscope!

[rk176]

my partner is a dental nurse. She say it looks ok. It will be sunken as you've had a tooth out. The white part could be food. As long as it's not red and inflamed and your not in pain it should fine

[Pica-Pica]

If you are concerned go back, or to any dentist. You say that you don't have a dentist, that does not matter, just a look-see should be quite cheap. Better than an infection, etc.

[fourfoldroot]

Looks ok to me given the traumatic extraction. If I saw that 9 days after a surgical removal I would just be giving you reassurance. It will probably still aching at this stage but doesn't look infected. The white surface on the blood clot is normal.

[TonyRPH]

Thanks all for the replies.

I'm not in any kind of pain, it's just very tender (to be expected I think!).

I was just seeking some assurance.

Thanks again.

[GordonL]

Looks like granulation tissue, part of normal healing process.

[Yipper]

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

[TonyRPH]

Yipper said:

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

As someone who is quite traumatised by dental treatment, root canal etc. was not an option - besides, the tooth had a large chunk missing as well.

Yipper said:

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

I really couldn't fault the dentist who performed the extraction - even better than a private dentist I used to attend a few years back.

So far from an "NHS disaster" - the extraction was of my own choosing.

Yipper said:

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

My face is already ugly :P

[davhill]

Yipper said:

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

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Sorry to hijack the thread but Yipper's words have struck a chord. I've been losing teeth steadily for about ten
years. I'm told that this is down to a combination of genetics and my being a smoker. I have three molars
left, one with enough metal in it to give it scrap value.I've four premolars and all the rest but for one lower incisor.
Over Christmas, I turned itno Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth and the incisor right of centre had to be pulled.

It's opposite number, left of centre, is now getting looser and looser and a couple more are a bit wobbly.

I use a private dentist who does NHS work and he's been talking about dentures. Now, he's gone to set up a practice
50 miles away, so I'll be seeing his replacement next.

So, I didn't get a replacement incisor so I've been gappy for seven months. The dentist that's left was talking
about implants but muttering darkly about their being unavailable unless I stop smoking.

Any guidance at all?

[MacGee]

Yipper said:

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

wrong.

[nickfrog]

MacGee said:

wrong.

Can't be. Yipper is an EXPERT on EVERYTHING.

[Yipper]

TonyRPH said:

Yipper said:

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

As someone who is quite traumatised by dental treatment, root canal etc. was not an option - besides, the tooth had a large chunk missing as well.

Yipper said:

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

I really couldn't fault the dentist who performed the extraction - even better than a private dentist I used to attend a few years back.

So far from an "NHS disaster" - the extraction was of my own choosing.

Yipper said:

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

My face is already ugly :P

A root canal and cap are no worse than yanking a tooth out.

Extracted teeth leave behind bacteria in the bone or ligament and gum pocket that leak into the bloodstream. It's not just a visual issue, it's a health issue.

Pulling teeth is almost always a mistake.

[CoolHands]

davhill said:

Any guidance at all?

Can you give up smoking? Tried a vaper at least?

[davhill]

Not successfully so far.

[Yipper]

davhill said:

Yipper said:

Nobody should be pulling teeth out in this day and age.

Today, with modern dentistry, teeth are almost always recoverable -- even rotten ones (caps, root canal, etc.).

Sounds like yet another NHS dentist disaster.

Get an implant plugged in the gap asap. Like, immediately.

Or your gums will shrink, your jawbone will shrink, and your face will look uglier.

Seriously, pulling a tooth out (or not replacing it) is almost always a mistake, nowadays.

.
Sorry to hijack the thread but Yipper's words have struck a chord. I've been losing teeth steadily for about ten
years. I'm told that this is down to a combination of genetics and my being a smoker. I have three molars
left, one with enough metal in it to give it scrap value.I've four premolars and all the rest but for one lower incisor.
Over Christmas, I turned itno Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth and the incisor right of centre had to be pulled.

It's opposite number, left of centre, is now getting looser and looser and a couple more are a bit wobbly.

I use a private dentist who does NHS work and he's been talking about dentures. Now, he's gone to set up a practice
50 miles away, so I'll be seeing his replacement next.

So, I didn't get a replacement incisor so I've been gappy for seven months. The dentist that's left was talking
about implants but muttering darkly about their being unavailable unless I stop smoking.

Any guidance at all?

Sounds like you need a massive and permanent change in total lifestyle. Stop smoking, lose weight, exercise more, stop sugar, get an electric toothbrush, see hygienist every 3 months, use Gengigel, have several blood tests every single year to measure all major vitamins / minerals / hormones, pull no more teeth, get implants screwed in the gaps, get gum grafts. Bez from Happy Mondays did it. Takes 2 to 3 years for a proper turnaround on a bad mouth.

[Armitage.Shanks]

^^^^^ But save £20k first as that's the likely cost as 'cosmetic' dentistry is a licence to print money in the UK.

[davhill]

Armitage.Shanks said:

^^^^^ But save £20k first as that's the likely cost as 'cosmetic' dentistry is a licence to print money in the UK.

Quite so.

My Mum and Dad both had full dentures by their mid-30s, as did both my paternal uncles, even the one who didn't smoke.

What's ticked me off is that the now absent dentist did very little with me. I had a crown that was glued back twice and the
tooth that was its socket went avital (yep, dead) and had to be pulled. The 10-minute plaque removal sessions stopped
two years ago and I was usually out of the chair thereafter in 10 minutes or so. It was the unkindest cut in action.

I figured for myself ages ago that I'll ultimately be wearing false pots - I've seen the x-rays and the bone erosion is that
far advanced. I just hope the new dentist is more progressive about getting the job done, rather than just saying 'see how it goes'.

[4159265]

Yipper said:

Sounds like you need a massive and permanent change in total lifestyle. Stop smoking, lose weight, exercise more, stop sugar, get an electric toothbrush, see hygienist every 3 months, use Gengigel, have several blood tests every single year to measure all major vitamins / minerals / hormones, pull no more teeth, get implants screwed in the gaps, get gum grafts. Bez from Happy Mondays did it. Takes 2 to 3 years for a proper turnaround on a bad mouth.

Out of interest, are you a dentist?

[cringle]

Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yipper, you should be ashamed of yourself coming on here giving out dental advice when you have no idea what you're talking about. Stating opinion as fact over and over. But to be fair, if anyone is thick enough to come on an online forum and actually believe what these non-dentists are spewing, then you deserve everything coming your way

[nickfrog]

cringle said:

Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yipper, you should be ashamed of yourself coming on here giving out dental advice when you have no idea what you're talking about. Stating opinion as fact over and over. But to be fair, if anyone is thick enough to come on an online forum and actually believe what these non-dentists are spewing, then you deserve everything coming your way

That's pretty mild compared to the standards of his daily BS.