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haeshin
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There's some kind of splinter or fragment moving about in the back of my upper right side, where I had a wisdom tooth removed last week (all four taken out in total during two separate visits). I'm pretty sure that it's moving from place to place (though by a few millimeters, I think) and revolving in place to change position. Depending on said position, a sharp point stabs whenever I saw or move my mouth around to talk, or I feel what seems like the bigger end rubbing/pressing towards the tooth right next to the extraction site. When I went to get the stitches out a few days ago, the dentist said that the healing was going well and I didn't feel the fragment then! What is this? I looked up all sorts of things on the Internet but nothing mentioned something like this, or at least, nothing a non-dentist person would be able to tell.
It doesn't hurt but it does bother me. I'm terrified of having to cut into the gums to get it out because the extraction last week was hella painful. Numbing shots didn't do a thing to help. It left me scared to even think of getting a shot to fill in a cavity. I plan (or rather hope to have the guts to do this) to call the dentist this week, but like I said, I'm scared of going through any kind of surgery again!
P.S. Dunno if this matters, but the fragment is on the outer side of my teeth so I'd have to reach around them with my tongue to get near it. Feels like it's trying to move behind the tooth next to the extraction site. Lately I've begun to feel that I'm about to swallow it right down my throat even though I don't think it's close enough for that to happen. CAN it happen????
It doesn't hurt but it does bother me. I'm terrified of having to cut into the gums to get it out because the extraction last week was hella painful. Numbing shots didn't do a thing to help. It left me scared to even think of getting a shot to fill in a cavity. I plan (or rather hope to have the guts to do this) to call the dentist this week, but like I said, I'm scared of going through any kind of surgery again!
P.S. Dunno if this matters, but the fragment is on the outer side of my teeth so I'd have to reach around them with my tongue to get near it. Feels like it's trying to move behind the tooth next to the extraction site. Lately I've begun to feel that I'm about to swallow it right down my throat even though I don't think it's close enough for that to happen. CAN it happen????
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