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Lindaru
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Week long bone fragment (?) not coming out of gum - scheduled for a few days from now
Hi, everyone . . . new to the forums but starting to get a bit worried.
I had teeth #20 and #21 extracted (both simples - or so I thought) December 12th. January 12th started feeling sharp white thing trying to come through buccal side of gum down about half-way from the top of socket with at times severe pain.
Some people are telling me it is a bone fragment that should have worked its way through by now (to where you can remove with tweezers); however, it is now seven days and it is still there.
I am scheduled in a few days to have it removed. Might it be something else? I have advanced periodontitis and am in the process of slowly getting all of my teeth out for dentures. To date, I have had 16 removed thus far.
Best and worst case scenario for an unerupted fragment . . . what can I expect as far as procedure(s), pain, bleeding (naturally thin blood) and recovery? Of the 14 teeth removed thus far (wisdoms included), this fragment situation is new to me.
Thanks!

Hi, everyone . . . new to the forums but starting to get a bit worried.
I had teeth #20 and #21 extracted (both simples - or so I thought) December 12th. January 12th started feeling sharp white thing trying to come through buccal side of gum down about half-way from the top of socket with at times severe pain.
Some people are telling me it is a bone fragment that should have worked its way through by now (to where you can remove with tweezers); however, it is now seven days and it is still there.
I am scheduled in a few days to have it removed. Might it be something else? I have advanced periodontitis and am in the process of slowly getting all of my teeth out for dentures. To date, I have had 16 removed thus far.
Best and worst case scenario for an unerupted fragment . . . what can I expect as far as procedure(s), pain, bleeding (naturally thin blood) and recovery? Of the 14 teeth removed thus far (wisdoms included), this fragment situation is new to me.
Thanks!
