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MountainMama
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I had an extraction and bone grafting last week on Monday. It was at my dentist and not at the oral surgeon (long story). He did not cover or stitch the graft, just said the gums would grow over it.
Since Friday, chunks have been coming out, and the graft keeps rising. Every time it rises like a bubble over the top of the extraction site, the top breaks off. Then it rises again. I have lost small pieces and one piece the size of my pinky nail.
The dentist is getting me in tomorrow, but the receptionist said he didn't seem too worried and said it wouldn't all come out.
How will he know if it has taken or not? If it still looks "full" because there is grafting at the surface, will an x ray show?
I have been through this with stitched grafts, so I know losing some is completely normal, and that as the swelling went down more would be exposed. However there has been a LOT of stuff coming out, and it is continuously losing tiny pieces.
Since Friday, chunks have been coming out, and the graft keeps rising. Every time it rises like a bubble over the top of the extraction site, the top breaks off. Then it rises again. I have lost small pieces and one piece the size of my pinky nail.
The dentist is getting me in tomorrow, but the receptionist said he didn't seem too worried and said it wouldn't all come out.
How will he know if it has taken or not? If it still looks "full" because there is grafting at the surface, will an x ray show?
I have been through this with stitched grafts, so I know losing some is completely normal, and that as the swelling went down more would be exposed. However there has been a LOT of stuff coming out, and it is continuously losing tiny pieces.