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Re:Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than peo... by diob on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:35PM (#31813129)
I often wonder about this, because they made me remove mine due to "risk of infection". But afterwards I now get infections there if I get food stuck in the pocket left behind and can't get to a water pik soon enough.
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Re:Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than peo... by jaywalk on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:13PM (#31813625)
Those pockets should have healed and closed up within a few days after surgery. It sounds like you had dry sockets that weren't properly dealt with.
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Re:Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than peo... by diob on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:09PM (#31867860)
Interesting, I did have to do two separate surgeries because my first got botched (I was a ten out of ten in terms of hardness according to them). Had some residual nerve damage...
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Re:Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than peo... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:53AM (#31857938)
Is it actually possible? I had dry sockets infected and it was equivalent to going through surgery again, except for the whole day. Had it fixed the next day.
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