Okay, so I had a bad dental experience last Thursday. I had to get my tooth taken out (twice). If you haven’t read about my agony (with some humor), you can read it here.    And does anyone find it funny that they tell you NOT to put your tongue in the extraction hole….and yet….WHILE they are telling you that….the first thing you do is stick your tongue in there?  lol

I’ve chronicled my ‘healing process’ in photos. 

Forgive the yellowing on my teeth, I haven’t been able to brush as well near the extraction site.  Btw, looking for a good oral surgeon in Northeast Ohio?  Try Dr. Michael Hudec, in Middleburg Hts.  He’s a credit to his profession.  He fixed the mess that was left by the dentist.  He has a clean office, is nice, friendly and most important….HE KNOWS  WHAT HE IS DOING.  (which I’ve come to realize is, ummm, very important!)

maviefolle_tooth_day2bmaviefolle_tooth_day2DAY 2 (Day after extraction)
Most of the pain was from the 1st dentist who apparently was not experienced enough to pull this tooth and after pulling parts of it, decided to send me to an oral surgeon when she couldn’t get it all out. 

I think one of the hardest things is not being able to blow my nose.  Something to do with ‘negative pressure’ which can cause the blood clot inside the empty tooth socket to get blown out and creating a very painful dry socket.   Apparently even though I was stuffed full with bone grafting material, I could still have this problem??
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*Note:  What is this white stuff?   Is it possibly new tissue growth?  It’s creepy.  It feels like a weightless gel.  Like, if you touch it with your tongue, it feels like ‘nothing’.   Unless you look in a mirror as you touch it, it doesn’t feel like you’re actually touching anything.

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The stitches are realllly annoying.  You can sorta see one of them in the second pic here between the weird white stuff and the tooth above it.

Weird white creepy gel like stuff is ‘growing’ or getting larger in overall area (I think)

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Looking better, feeling fine.  You can see one of the stitches very well in these pics.  I think that annoying little ‘ball’ is the end of the stitch….and in the second pic you can see a full stitch (and the ball at the end) running along side one of my teeth.    NOTE:  Where did all that creepy white stuff go?  I went to bed, it was there.  Woke up…gone.   I checked on my pillowcase and it wasn’t there.  hmmmmm.  I think I swallowed it.  YUCK!  I no longer think this was new developing tissue, I’m pretty sure it was dead tissue.  Which is even nastier if I swallowed it in my sleep.  OMG.

Everyone is probably enjoying the fact that I still cannot yell.  (which sucks, because I’m good at that)

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DAY 6
Looks like I’m healing quite nicely if I do say so m’self!  All 3 stitches are now visable.  And that big ball on the end of the one stitch is more annoying than ever as it flaps a little as the swelling keeps going down.    Still have  a small bit of decomposition or whatever that funky stuff is…but I’m sure I’ll be digesting that in my sleep tonight.  (Thank God I’m on a strong antibiotic or I would have all kinds of freaky visions, lol)