Tooth extraction Q

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Firstly, not a medical thread as treatment has already been carried out.
I had a tooth pulled 2 weeks ago. No major drama, other than the fact that despite 45mins of trying the dentist couldnt get the roots out after shearing off the top of the tooth. Apparently leaving these in place is no problem and they will work their way out naturally.
After the tooth was pulled the dentist took what seemed to be a bundle of short hairs/fibres and packed them into the socket. This left a noticeably medicated taste for a few days.

Does anyone have any idea what this stuff is? I have googled high and low and didnt have the foresight to ask at the time.It appears to be rising to the surface as the gum heals.
 
I have an appointment in two weeks for more work, so will certainly ask if I dont manage to find out myself.
 
mjd said:
Does anyone have any idea what this stuff is? I have googled high and low and didnt have the foresight to ask at the time.It appears to be rising to the surface as the gum heals.
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Pretty sure it is some kind of anaesthetic/TCP type stuff. When I had roots done they put the same stuff in for a few days.
 
I had a tooth extraction years ago and the dentist left in the roots. ( I didn't know this)
I was always having an issue with what I thought was one of the teeth either side.

It wasnt until I changed dentists and the new onw took an X-ray and asked if I was having any issues that he decided to open up the gum and take out the root.

Looks like the Issue was the root was the wrong shape (It went fatter the further away from the tooth)

And before anyone says the new dentist was trying to up his bill. He was the father of my long term girlfriend so didn't charge me
 
It was probably laced with clove oil, rancid tasting stuff imho but your teeth love it and its very soothing.
 
I thought it maybe clove oil, as it wasnt totally dissimilar in taste to the temporary filling gunk I used prior to seeing the dentist. My last extraction would have been 20 years ago, so things have clearly changed somewhat. Not sure a hairy gum is particularly becoming, but it seems to have done a resonably good job of filling the hole and preventing infection.
 
Had this stuff put in on Tuesday past. I had a tooth out the previous week and it got infected somehow. Awful smell as you can imagine. So, arranged emergency appointment and the dentist scrapped out the blood etc and packed with an antiseptic dressing then stuck the brown hairy stuff in which was indeed laced with clove oil. Also gave me an antiseptic mouthwash and antibiotics. Since them the smell and infection seem to have gone. The brown material has gradually worn away and there's still a small bit left covering the extraction site. My problem is that I used the wash once and it seems to have nuked my taste buds. Nothing tastes the same and what a non-event tea time now is. googled this and its a widespread problem. In sort, brown stuff good, mouth wash is the devil's spit!
 
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Alvogel most likely.

Usually only put in when there is a dry socket, but maybe he was placing it in advance to try and stop one. I'm surprised it not alreayd away, its usually out of place much more quickly, by dissolution or the fibres simply falling and working out of place.

I'd assume he got some portion of the roots, or maybe one or more from a multirooted tooth, else there wouldn't really be any space in which to introduce the fibres of the alvogel.

Contains loads of good stuff, from topical anaesthetics to nice things to kill bugs.
 
mjd said:
After the tooth was pulled the dentist took what seemed to be a bundle of short hairs/fibres and packed them into the socket. This left a noticeably medicated taste for a few days.

Does anyone have any idea what this stuff is?
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Ah, the old 'stuff some pubes into the victims mouth' gag.
I didn't think they did that anymore.

Does it taste salty by any chance?
If yes, don't ask any more questions, you almost certainly don't want to know.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Alvogel most likely.

Usually only put in when there is a dry socket, but maybe he was placing it in advance to try and stop one. I'm surprised it not alreayd away, its usually out of place much more quickly, by dissolution or the fibres simply falling and working out of place.

I'd assume he got some portion of the roots, or maybe one or more from a multirooted tooth, else there wouldn't really be any space in which to introduce the fibres of the alvogel.

Contains loads of good stuff, from topical anaesthetics to nice things to kill bugs.
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Thats it - I knew she'd asked the assistant for something by name, but after 4 shots and all the pushing and shoving it escaped me. The fibres ahave risen to the gum line and whilst they havent vanished, feel loose to touch with my tongue. I was also given a weeks supply of anitbiotics and have been religously swilling with TCP once things had settled down. No sign (or pong) of infection so it clearly did what it was meant to do.
I have no idea exactly how much of the tooth was left in, but there was considerable effort to fracture and remove the roots.

Thank you :)
 
bitslice said:
Ah, the old 'stuff some pubes into the victims mouth' gag.
I didn't think they did that anymore.

Does it taste salty by any chance?
If yes, don't ask any more questions, you almost certainly don't want to know.
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Ironically, this is exactly how I described said fibres to my wife that evening. :)
 
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