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Sunny78
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Hello. The jig is up: Two dentists have told me the upper back molar, #15, must be extracted. It apparently is loose and the bone has reabsorbed. Nothing to save. They discovered this during a routine cleaning six weeks ago. The last cleaning I'd had before that was six months earlier. For the past six weeks I have not eaten on that side and have brushed and flossed that tooth more carefully than usual. My regular dentist is now retired, so I went to a new dentist recommended by a friend. The new dentist concurred the tooth is hopeless. She said she could pull it or could refer me to an oral surgeon. She did not pressure me to have her do the extraction, so I said I'd have an oral surgeon do it. Somehow I thought it might be better to have an oral surgeon do it. He is in my ins. plan's network. I saw a lot of positive reviews about him online on various sites, but no review past 2011. Not sure if these sites are credible, anyway. There were about 3 reviews that referred to his personality as being offputting in one way or another. The majority of the reviews were glowing about how painless and wonderful the procedure was; all of the reviews were about wisdom teeth extraction. Anyway, I made an appointment for next week. The nurse or assistant who made the appointment said he would not be giving me any prescription for pain for afterward unless he thought it was necessary. I thought that was odd. But what do I know? The last time I had an extraction was decades ago, when my wisdom teeth were removed. I don't remember much about it at all, except the noise and all was frightening. It was another era.
I'm certain I was not knocked out; only local injections. That's another thing: This oral surgeon no longer uses twilight sedation; it's local injections only.
When I step into this oral surgeon's office, it will be the first time I've met him; I will have gone in with no preparation. I was expecting maybe to be told I should be taking antibiotics beforehand; or OTC stuff beforehand.
Any thoughts or tips?
Many thanks!
I'm certain I was not knocked out; only local injections. That's another thing: This oral surgeon no longer uses twilight sedation; it's local injections only.
When I step into this oral surgeon's office, it will be the first time I've met him; I will have gone in with no preparation. I was expecting maybe to be told I should be taking antibiotics beforehand; or OTC stuff beforehand.
Any thoughts or tips?
Many thanks!