how does your gum react in the area of the pulled tooth?
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does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bed post over night?
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If your tooth is swollen, it is probably infected like a couple people have mentioned--or abscessed.  You get an abscess when you have a cavity that goes all the way through  the enamel and second layer of the tooth (dentin) and winds up in the pulp and root, where it becomes infected and painful.  Sometimes, you get these cavities below the gumline, so occasionally there's nothing you can really do to prevent them, besides good regular dental care.  I've been unlucky enough to have a couple abscessed teeth in my life, and even with the appropriate care, I still got them.  I would see a doctor for sure, so you can get the infection under control and get some relief!!!
860321
Well..the first time of course it's gonna hurt. Your teeth are gonna be sensitive and your gums sore for..probably a week or so. Depends on your pain tolerance. But then it's better. However everytime you get them tightened..since you're not used to the feeling of the pulls, it'll hurt once again for about a week or so.\n\nSo far, it's only been 8 months for me since I've had them. I'm only supposed to have them for about 14 to 15 months. I'll be getting them off hopefully by May. All I had was a slight gap in my front two teeth, an overlapping of two teeth in the bottom, and slight rotations of two of my bottom teeth at the back. They were messing around with the other bottoms ones.\n\nThe entire payment was cut down from 4000 to about 2300. I got a huge discount. You might want to make sure the dentist takes the insurance you have and have a general check-up (cavaties, fillings, etc) with a dentist who knows the orthodontist. With the referring alone, I got over 600 bucks off my payments. Monthly, it's 160 something bucks.\n\nThe gap that I did have went away a few hours after my first tightening appointment. They put the chains on and put the clear white elastic around the front two. The pressure was so immense that within..6 hours, the gap was completely gone.
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You don't feel anything at all when you have an extraction done, apart from the slight pain from the injection, but you'll have had injections before for fillings so you'll know what to expect. They get you numbed up, and then they go in with some pliers and just pull it out. Honestly, you don't feel anything except for some pressure. The noise is the worst thing really, it's kind of like a creaking noise as the roots become dislodged, and then a crack when it comes out. Afterwards, you spit out a lot of blood which is kind of freaky, but it doesn't bleed for all that long. I took pain killers for a couple of days afterwards I think, but I don't think I really needed them. It feels weird having a hole in your gum, and always tempting to stick your tongue in it - but don't, it will dislodge the clot! Honestly, I'd just get it done under local. I had 3 teeth pulled at once when I was only about 12, done under local, and yeah, I was really scared, but it honestly wasn't that bad.
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you have something in your teeth
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who ever said of course it will hurt needs to find a new dentist!! It will NOT hurt. But it will feel really weird because you will have a lot of pressure in your mouth. If the dentist gives you plenty of anesthetic and you are completely numb it will not hurt at all, but it will be a little annoying, yes. You can also call your dentist and tell them you are scared and they can call in a prescription for you to take one hour prior to your appointment to relax you like valuum. Also you may want to use nitrox oxide ( laughing gas) to also help relax you. It wont get you numb like some people think...but it does help take your mind off of it! Also bring a book or music so you will not hear noises because they will be working next to your ear so it can be noisy but this is also normal.Also aftercare...don't smoke or suck through a straw, this can cause dry socket and they will explain this to you as well. But most important make sure to take something for pain while your still numb that way it kicks in by the time your un numb, they may prescribe you something so fill it right away, just dont take on an empty stomach cause you will not want to puke after having an extraction done.....not to worry i have been doing this for a long time and have had my teeth pulled and most people tell me that it wasn so bad. Most of the people listing advice just had a bad experience or bad dentist.
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yes it turns them yellow an ddoes many other things in ur gums wwhich are not visible and there are no signs of them...if u r worried about ur teeth just DONT smoke...ANYTHING!
1000022
Your heart pumps more blood while you exert yourself.  This expands the inner pulp of the tooth, causing pain.  As you heart rate subsides, the stress on your teeths should as well.
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Yes of course, trust the Dentist, he knows what he's doing\n\nYes I've heard of the abscess it, it's like a kind of infection of a bacteria or something AND yes! it might spread to the other teeth if it is not pulled out...thank the dentist he did that...think where you'll be with that abscess still in your mouth\n\nhowever, that was not the only choice(pull the tooth out), certainly he could have given you a treatment of antibiotics to avoid the pain and make it less worst, but eventually you'd need a surgery(realted with the root canal)to get rid of that abscess
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My son had all four out under anesthesia and got along fine.  I had 2 pulled without being put under - actually the apprehension was the worst part.  It only took about 20 seconds for each tooth and didn't really hurt.  Afterwards it was pretty gross and a little achy but not that bad. Take some pain pills and zonk out for a few hours and you'll be OK.  Just don't breathe on anybody - YUCK!
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it is normal for you to have sensitivity/tenderness in areas near the extraction sites for several reasons.  when teeth are removed, new surfaces of adjacent teeth are exposed.  these surfaces are not used to being exposed to fluids/foods/etc.  it takes many weeks for the areas to return to normal.  of course "normal" is relative to the individual.  another reason for tenderness in these areas is that the surgeon uses adjacent teeth to leverage against during the extraction procedure.  this activity expands surrounding bone and temporarily aggravates tissues and ligaments of associated teeth.  \n\nso, if you are only a week post-op, don't be surprised to experience tenderness/pain/sensitivity for another 3-6 weeks.  make sure you follow your surgeon's instructions in order to promote optimal healing.  \n\ngood luck...  hit the ibuprofen and pain meds as needed.
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I'm a dentist.\n\nAttrition, my good friend.  Attrition.\n\nAs we age, our teeth tend to wear a little, but just a little.  Not enough to significantly alter the shape of any tooth.\n\nDid you know that the only time that our upper teeth and lower teeth should come into contact with each other is when we swallow?  Other than that, they should never touch.  Not when chewing your food.  Not when talking.  And certainly not at rest.  This is a fact.  The key words here, however, are "should never".  Unfortunately for most people, they touch much more frequently.\n\nWhat really changes the shape of our teeth is wear against the opposing teeth.  Many people grind their teeth or have some sort of habits that involve touching teeth together.\n\nAdditionally, dental work (with the exception of metallic materials) wears away the opposing teeth more quickly.  Porcelain crowns are notorious for causing excessive wear on teeth opposing them, as porcelain is much more abrasive than enamel.\n\nCanine teeth, both upper and lower (but especially the upper) serve an extremely important job in the mouth, and it is why any good dentist would make every last effort to save a canine tooth rather than extract it.  To explain this, I have to give you a little info about our masticatory system.  We have various muscles that close our jaws: masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoids, all of which are controlled by the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (Cranial nerve 5).  This nerve originates in our brainstem, if memory serves.\n\nTeeth do not sit directly in bone.  They are suspended by the periodontal ligament (PDL for short), which has many nerves in it, some of which are pressure sensors that tell your brain how much pressure is being applied to the teeth.  That's how you know to chew hard on beef jerky and softly on ice cream.  When your molars' PDLs pressure receptors are stimulated, your brain knows that it is ok to provide full biting force with your muscles of mastication.  After all, they are thicker, more robust teeth that can withstand those forces.\n\nIn contrast, your front teeth (canines included) are less robust and are not suited to withstanding heavy biting forces.  As a result, when the PDLs of your front teeth are stimulated, feedback is sent to the brain causing your muscles to reduce their force.\n\nWhen your jaw is in its "neutral" position (for lack of a better word that the lay person can understand), your molars will occlude with each other, but your anterior teeth won't (i.e. the shouldn't, unless you have some abnormality).  Your teeth are safe this way.  Move your jaw side to side or even forward a little, and what happens?  Your canines start to hit eachother, and through feedback from the canines' PDLs your brain knows to relax the muscles.  It is a protective mechanism for both your teeth and your jaws that prevents you from biting hard with your jaw in a position that can cause damage to the teeth or TMJ.  This is known as "canine guidance".\n\nIndividuals who, for one reason or another, move their lower jaws more than usual are rubbing their canines more, hence the attrition.\n\nThis is about as simple as I can make the explanation.  I hope it helps.  I'll bet you never knew there was so much to the profession of dentistry!
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Sure - very possible.  Teeth don't like trauma - the only part of the tooth that is alive is the nerve (or pulp).  WHen it dies, bacteria begin to build up inside the tooth.  Eventually it will destroy the apex (or tip of the root) and begin destroying the bone around the tooth.  When enough pressure builds up, a pimple like sore will show up on the gum tissue near the root of the tooth.  It will (hopefully) pop allowing the pressure to escape and the puss flow into the patient's mouth.  (yea - I know it's gross, but I couldn't think of a better way to say it). \nBad breath is usually caused by bacteria.  In this case, the bacteria inside and around the decaying pulp (nerve) of the damaged tooth is what smells.  To reso,ve the issue, the nerve must be removed.  In very late stages of this process, the tooth may be too far gone and unsavable.  Better to treat as soon as possible to avoid damaging the jaw bone, surrounding teeth, and possibly even a systematic (whole body) infection due to increased bacteria count.\n\nIf she does need to remove the tooth, there are great replacements available.  We can use a partial denture - which was more pobular in the past or with low income people.  Or you could use a bridge with is a fixed in place semi-permemant solution that looks like real teeth!\n\nHappy Thanksgiving - and happy eats!
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If you are bleeding from the gums, that could be a sign of either a sensitive gum line, OR gingivitus.  Either way, you may want to take it easy on the water pick.
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maybe some adhesions.  That would be my only guess as to a pulling sensation.
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very possible from the numbing injection alone. There is no way for the dentist to see where every capillary or nerve is in the gum tissue when giving the shot. If the needle happens to penetrate a large vessel during penetration the dentist will see blood when he pulls back on the syringe and then withdraw it and inject somewhere else.(possible to get bruising and swelling from that too)So, if the blood supply was small, there may not be any blood when the dentist aspirates but as the medicine is placed(alot sometimes for a crown prep)this causes some tissue displacement and thus the bruising and swelling. This is just a side effect of getting the numbing shot. Very rarely is swelling and bruising from the procedure itself unless it is some kind of a extraction or a problematic root canal.
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The second type of discomfort is a very sharp shock that appears only when your teeth touch. This is called galvanic shock and is caused by two metals (one in the newly filled tooth and one in the tooth it's touching) producing an electric current in your mouth. This would happen, for example, if you had a new amalgam filling in a bottom tooth and had a gold crown in the tooth above it.