2006-10-06 11:08:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
It will depend upon whether the dentist has to push back some gum to get to the tooth, i.e. the degree of difficulty in grabbing hold of the sides of the tooth.
The most common and easiest teeth to remove from the roof of the mouth are premolars. Most of the time there is no need to lift up the gum, so there will be no need to suture it back into place.
If it is a canine (eye-tooth), then there will usually have to be some lifting of the gum, and sutures will be required.
Either way, the removal will usually leave a hole in the gum and bone which will reach initial healing within 1-2 weeks, and have completely healed over and smoothed out within 3 months. There is no need to do anything special to keep the wound clean during this time, they heal up easily in most cases. To maximise healing, start on an antibacterial chlorhexidine mouthwash the day prior to the extraction, and continue for 3 days afterwards. 5ml twice a day. Don't bother wasting time with Listerine.
2006-10-07 09:42:07 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Matt W (Australia) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Impacted teeth are a relatively common dental problem and each case needs to be assessed on its individual merits. Statistically, up to ten percent of impacted teeth are associated with pathology like cysts. If this is the case, they certainly need to be removed. Furthermore, if it is adjacent to the roots of other teeth it could be eroding them and causing damage to the tooth roots.
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What might happen if I decide not to have treatment for my impacted canine tooth?
If an impacted canine is not treated, it can just remain buried and give you no more problems. Alternatively, it can lead to the following, which might or might not give you problems in the medium-long-term:
The tooth can continue to grow behind the other teeth in the roof of the mouth. In an effort to find a path into the mouth, some impacted canines might damage adjacent teeth by eating away or resorbing part of their roots, which might or might not give you problems.
If the deciduous canine has been lost and the permanent canine remains impacted, you might have a gap, which you might want to close up or replace with a false tooth of some kind (denture or ‘bridge’).
Sometimes a cyst can form around the crown of the buried tooth and this can push other teeth out of position.
If you have an impacted canine, you do not have to have surgery – this will be explained by your dentist or orthodontist. For example, if the buried tooth has not damaged the adjacent teeth, is not causing symptoms and the dental appearance is good then no treatment might be necessary.
Your dentist will probably want to keep an eye on the tooth though by taking regular X-rays. http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk/serv/clin/surg/oral/impacted.html
2006-10-06 11:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by Karen J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not always but it depends on the tooth and the hole (tooth socket) left after it comes out. It's not a big deal to get stitches if you do need them--most of the time they will place stitches that will dissolve on their own usually within 7-10 days. Good luck!
2006-10-09 02:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the dental surgeon because it usually depends on the size of the tooth but usually they use a special kind of suture that dissolves on it own in several days once the area is healed.
2006-10-06 11:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a dentist. i might say that approximately 9 situations out of 10, we could placed a minimum of one suture after removing a the enamel turning out to be from the roof of the mouth. you would be unable to precisely ask somebody to chew down on gauze in this area, so i like to attempt to close it close.
2016-12-08 09:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no my daughter had hers done over the weekend no blood shes only thirteen she had injection at dentist 20 mins later she was out shopping with her girlies you will be fine honest
2006-10-06 11:31:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who knows ask a dentist
2006-10-06 11:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by candyfloss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends you should ask your dentist. I hope it goes well!
2006-10-06 11:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by cookie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually not, depends though, if you do it'll likely be only one, and will dissolve, but ask surgeon
2006-10-06 12:27:55 · answer #9 · answered by andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Mame, you will be getting stitches
2006-10-06 11:20:08 · answer #10 · answered by fifi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋