Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 -- Sorry to just jump into the middle of your conversation with but when I read that you'd had 4 dry sockets, I had to! Having had 2 of them myself, I know very well the pain you're talking about...and I can still taste clove if I think about it for long. I didn't smoke at the time, but my dentist said it was due to my age...I was over 30 when I had my wisdom teeth out. -- Good luck quitting smoking--it's definitely a difficult thing to do, but you will be so glad you did. Good luck with the dentist too. I hope you'll soon be able to get them taken care of so they won't bother you anymore. I need to see a dentist myself...I'm looking for a new one as we weren't happy about the one we had been seeing. I hate having to go to that first appointment. Hang in there with not smoking--you can do it! Marg -- Re: It *is* hard to quit, nicotine is exceedingly addictive! So if it doesn't " take " this time, pay attention to what went wrong, and start planning your next attack. You *can* do it. You prove here on a daily basis what a strong person you are. Oh, and it is *so* important not to smoke after getting wisdom teeth out! That suction in your mouth is the leading cause of dry sockets... Even now, having experienced a couple of mind-bending kinds of pain, dry sockets might possibly be the most horrible pain I've ever had. (Nobody knows how, but when I had my wisdom teeth pulled -- all four bony-impacted -- I got four dry sockets. The oral surgeon said he'd never seen anybody do that before, especially someone as careful as I was about the suction thing. Oh. My. God.) And nothing touched it. <shudder> Be careful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Oh, jump in any time! Anyone who wants a private conversation should be taking it off-list. Clove... yeah, I remember that. I'm allergic to oil of clove. Guess when I found that out? I was 17. Over 30... owie. I had my tonsils out when I was...37? We don't heal well at that age! > > -- > > Sorry to just jump into the middle of your conversation with > > but when I read that you'd had 4 dry sockets, I had to! Having had 2 of > them myself, I know very well the pain you're talking about...and I can > still taste clove if I think about it for long. I didn't smoke at the > time, > but my dentist said it was due to my age...I was over 30 when I had my > wisdom teeth out. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 -- What a time to find out you're allergic to oil of clove! Of course, at least you (hopefully) didn't have to live with the taste of clove in everything. Wow, 37 for a tonsillectomy...that's serious surgery at that age (not that it isn't for a kid). Marg -- Re: Oh, jump in any time! Anyone who wants a private conversation should be taking it off-list. Clove... yeah, I remember that. I'm allergic to oil of clove. Guess when I found that out? I was 17. Over 30... owie. I had my tonsils out when I was...37? We don't heal well at that age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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