Topic: How bad will I feel after getting a tooth pulled?
WPinVA
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I need to have a tooth pulled soon. Oral surgeon said it will be no big deal, but everything is a big deal for me with Lyme and co.
What does a Lymie feel like after getting a tooth pulled? Will I be able to make dinner, get kids to bed, and to school, etc right away?
Will I be out of commission for a few days? for how long?
Really need to know as much as possible how this will affect me because my husband just had a heart attack so he is completely out of commission and we have two young kids who still need to be taken care of... somehow.
(I am leery of being told it will be no big deal because I had sinus surgery this fall. They said most people go back to work after 3 days.. but that was not the case for me with Lyme, etc. and I was a mess for weeks.)
When it rains it pours.
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I've had several teeth pulled over the years and afterwards I wasn't down at all. ((I've heard that Sinus surgery is a big deal and often there are problems with it.)
If it can be saved and money is an issue, VCU has a low cost dental clinic.
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gigimac
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I too want to know. Is your tooth infected? Are you taking antibiotics for it?
Tulips was your tooth infected and what abx were you on for it if you don't mind me asking?
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TF
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Is the tooth in the upper jaw or lower jaw?
I had no problem when I had a tooth pulled from the upper jaw. But, the lower jaw was a different matter!!!
I haven't had lyme for over 10 years. Still, when I had a tooth pulled in the lower jaw 6 months ago, it turned into a living hell.
First, a few hours after having the extraction, when I was changing the gauze that I was told to hold over the site, the blood clot and the medicine the dentist put in the hole all came out on the gauze. I am talking about a large clot.
What followed was pain! It is called a dry socket when you can look in the hole and see your jawbone. That's what I got.
I was back at the dentist every day for a number of days. He did the usual treatment for a dry socket. Everyone in the office told me that I would get instant relief from the horrendous pain, but it didn't work! It didn't work at all. Same thing the next day and the next. His treatment didn't work. (Oil of clove inserted into the hole, I believe.) I was in agony and living on pain meds.
The dentist told me that extractions from the lower jaw are not as event-free as the upper extractions.
He also said that if people in your family get dry sockets, you are more likely to get them also.
After a few weeks with no relief, he eventually said there was no more he could do and suggested I go to a pain management clinic.
I just waited and, after a few more weeks, the pain finally went away.
The pain was so bad that I had to cancel a vacation we had planned for a week after the extraction. There was no way I wanted to do anything let alone go to an airport, etc.
Months later, at a routine cleaning, my dentist said that people who have had lyme take longer to heal from dental work.
So, nobody can tell you if you will have an event-free experience or a horrendous experience.
But, if it is in the upper jaw and if you/your family don't get dry sockets, you have a better chance of having an easy time.
I have only had 2 teeth extracted. One was uneventful and the other was totally the opposite.
The dentist purposely scheduled the extraction for a week before my vacation to give me time to get over the extraction. Well, it took more like a month or 6 weeks. It was a nightmare.
And, this tooth was not infected. It should have been simple. (My mother got dry sockets with every extraction she ever had. So, she dreaded ANY extraction. The pain of a dry socket is intense because there is no blood clot covering the nerve. You can look in and see your jawbone. Until it heals over, it is like your nerve is exposed to the air, etc. and it is firing all the time.)
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