Tooth number 3 extracted, 1st molar, bone fragments cause for concern??

[mbecke2]

I had tooth number 3 extracted yesterday. He couldnt get it out in one piece so he cut it and seems to me like he crushed it into 100 pieces. I was bleeding bad and he stitched it up. Everything was fine, and then when it stopped bleeding I took a look and I was very surprised to see what looked to me like little pieces of my tooth all over the socket. I have had 3 extractions prior to this, but they all came out fine in one piece and no fragments. I called the dentist office and told the secretary and she said it was fine don't worry. I am concerned about the socket healing with all this tooth/bone still in there. Is this normal?? It feels like he didn't cleanly extract the tooth. Instead just crushed it up and left 10% of it in there in little fragments. Also, prior to this I have extracted tooth number 4, 13, and 18 and NOW number 3. So needless to say I have a bunch of gaps and teeth are moving. I have been recommended implants, bridges, partial. etc but this dentist recommended I go to the orthodontist and wear braces and get my molars to move forward to fill my gaps. Sounds genius to me. Why has no one else recommended this?? IS this a good plan?

 

[Parsnip]

Hi there,

The extraction socket should heal normally and any tooth or bone fragments will be resorbed into bloodstream or 'rejected' by your body ie they'll gradually come to the surface and pop out in much the same way a splinter in your finger would.

Moving molar teeth forward takes time due to the large surface area of the roots which is why orthodontists don't like moving molars. They used to say that if they have to extract first molars as part of an orthodontic treatment plan it would double the treatment time and halve the prognosis.

Wouldn't be a bad idea to arrange a consult with an orthodontist to get an opinion though.

Hope that helps

 

[comfortdentist]

Like Parsnip said moving an adult molar forward to replace a tooth is difficult. Usually end up leaning forward- not good