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Originally posted by phogirl69
Mr Thumbs,
Did you have stitches?? I was convinced that yours were grown out because I thought ones stuck in the gum would be a much more complicated procedure, but that's a good thing that it snapped out easily.
I did have a cavity filled like a week ago but it wasn't that bad, the shot actually didn't hurt at all, and I'm a big baby as you prolly can tell by now. The dentist was very good with administering the shot slowly and he gave me a special ointment first at the injection site so I wouldn't feel the injection.
But the dentist had a tiny bit of trouble because he said I have "tiny mouth". I think my mouth is much smaller than most people, I hope they don't have to use giant pliers or anything like that to yank em' out.
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Although it bleeds for 12 hours no stitches are usually required.
My dentist told me he only applies stitches when the patient
has extreme fear of blood or on medicine that makes the blood thin. But stitches slow down the healing process and it makes
the days after more painful (a swollon jaw caused by clogging blood).
You wont feel a thing of the actual extraction.. the only painful part is the injection! And you already had those so be the judge if you can handle that ;)
If no full anaesthesia is required make sure you get up real early that day (skip sleep that night perhaps?) or get some serious exercise before you hit the dentist.. that way when you get back home and the anaesthesia is losing its magic power you can sleep
for 10-12 hours and the healing process takes over!
Usually speeds up healing after any type of small surgery with 2 days.