D.I.Y. Dentistry

[Namman]

I had an impacted wisdom taken out a couple of years ago along with a cyst which had grown around it and was gradually eating away the jaw bone. I was down to one third jaw bone so it had to be done. Potential risks were: loss of additional teeth, jaw bone breakage, loss of sensation in the tongue, loss of sensation in the lips. Waking up from the anaesthetic and realising that the operation had gone well was a good moment! I do have a slight loss of sensation in part of my lip but consider myself fortunate.
As has been said, don’t mess with lower wisdom teeth yourself.

I am glad the operation was a success and that injury to the ID branch of the trigeminal was minimal.
It is surprising how big some of these cysts can become before any symptoms are noticed.

 

[Crowstalker]

I had a sore tooth that needed a filling ignored and low and behold over a weekend my mouth had grown to the size of an orange, got to the stage I couldn't eat or drink emergency visit to the dentist some drainage and strong antibiotics later it finally went away. It was quite scary how quickly It progressed and how ill I actually started to feel, tbe dentist told me years ago this would actually kill people. I now take a serious looking after my teeth and get my check ups.

 

[angel eyes]

I can relate to finnbear, I had a troublesome tooth,pain getting worse n worse, off to the shed I went, had some narrow nose pliers in hand, one of my kids told me, “ if that tooth breaks up, you be left with the root still embedded in your jaw” and prob twice the pain, managed to get an emergency appointment , private, yanked it out in seconds, what a relief

 

[Namman]

I had a sore tooth that needed a filling ignored and low and behold over a weekend my mouth had grown to the size of an orange, got to the stage I couldn't eat or drink emergency visit to the dentist some drainage and strong antibiotics later it finally went away. It was quite scary how quickly It progressed and how ill I actually started to feel, tbe dentist told me years ago this would actually kill people. I now take a serious looking after my teeth and get my check ups.

Yes people used to die from oral infections and their sequelae before the arrival of antimicrobials.

 

[Feugh]

I am glad the operation was a success and that injury to the ID branch of the trigeminal was minimal.
It is surprising how big some of these cysts can become before any symptoms are noticed.

In my case it stretched almost as far as the lower canine. I first had symptoms at the beginning of COVID but couldn’t get seen until afterwards.

 

[ejg]

In my old job a German customer of ours who also had a production facility in Ireland had a tooth break on him. He asked me if I could round of the the broken remains so he wouldn't cut himself... he knew I was good with a precision rotary tool for moulds. The old bloke was adamant I do it so off we went to the workshop. It was much easier than I thought and he was delighted with the result.
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[finnbear270]

I often wondered if bad teeth could have had any implications in heart disease, think I heard someone talking about it in a surgery one time.

 

[Yorkie]

I did not see a Dentist for over 40 years. Had a bad experience with a 1970s school Dentist that left me with phobia.

Anyway, i had to see one a few years ago due to a gum infection. Had a full mouth MOT to include x-rays. I needed one filling. So i am 60 years old with a full set of all my own teeth and only one filling. I just clean my teeth twice a day. Not seeing a dentist served me well for 40+ years.

 

[Kalahari]

I often wondered if bad teeth could have had any implications in heart disease, think I heard someone talking about it in a surgery one time.

I think you will find that if you are having surgery for heart disease, your surgeon will insist that your first stop is a dentist, sort out any problems before going any further. The complications you might encounter because of blood borne infection are very risky indeed.

David.