how long does it take for your gum to heal after a tooth pulled?
545306
It can take 6 months or even longer for the gums & bone to heal completley. Good luck
204600
i have had a dental implant on my #8. i also had my wisdom teeth pulled at the same time. it was painful. the pain is expected for every surgury. i think the swelling is normal. it will go down as time goes on. make sure you keep the implant very very very clean because if you dont have it clean the implant will not work properly and you will waste all that money you spent on it. the implant heals fully for about 6 months. see the doc if you have any problems.
801638
It really depends on how well you take care of your teeth after you realize you have it. To speed up healing time, floss 1-2 times everyday, brush 2-3 times everyday, and use Listerine. And once it goes away, follow these habits so it will not return. ANd always remember to see your dentist every 6 months.
860321
Well..the first time of course it's gonna hurt. Your teeth are gonna be sensitive and your gums sore for..probably a week or so. Depends on your pain tolerance. But then it's better. However everytime you get them tightened..since you're not used to the feeling of the pulls, it'll hurt once again for about a week or so.\n\nSo far, it's only been 8 months for me since I've had them. I'm only supposed to have them for about 14 to 15 months. I'll be getting them off hopefully by May. All I had was a slight gap in my front two teeth, an overlapping of two teeth in the bottom, and slight rotations of two of my bottom teeth at the back. They were messing around with the other bottoms ones.\n\nThe entire payment was cut down from 4000 to about 2300. I got a huge discount. You might want to make sure the dentist takes the insurance you have and have a general check-up (cavaties, fillings, etc) with a dentist who knows the orthodontist. With the referring alone, I got over 600 bucks off my payments. Monthly, it's 160 something bucks.\n\nThe gap that I did have went away a few hours after my first tightening appointment. They put the chains on and put the clear white elastic around the front two. The pressure was so immense that within..6 hours, the gap was completely gone.
326646
First of all, TAKE THE LOCAL ANESTHETIC!!! Second, you'll want to rinse your mouth out with a saline solution for about 48 hours post-"op". Put 1/4 teaspoon salt in 4 oz. warm water and swish your mouth out at least twice a day for two days. (Note: You don't have to use all 4 oz.--this is just the proper dilution ratio) This will help your gums to heal up a little faster and will help reduce any swelling that may occur. Also, take some Ibuprofen. This is a great pain reliever as well as an anti-pyuretic. (reduces swelling) Tylenol doesn't reduce any swelling.
832372
I don't know about what after effects you are talking about, but when I had mine removed (one at a time because I am such a chicken), the bottom ones seem to give me the most trouble and the holes where the teeth were seemed really deep, and really they still do seem deep.  I have to be sure and brush back there and floss real good back there.  If you are talking about pain after you have them removed, I say managable pain for about a week, unless you get a dry socket, then oh my God you should get to the dentist right away because they can help with some sort of medicine they put on there.  Good luck.
863342
If you do develop "dry socket" you will know.  This is VERY painful and can cause swelling, a bad taste in your mouth and sometimes sinus problem.  It actually doesn't happen all that often, it is more likely if you have two or more teeth pulled at the same time.  It is caused by the blood clot being "torn" out of the socket.  This happens a lot of times because of sucking movements in the mouth.  DON'T drink thru a straw, smoke, suck on candy or chew gum for several days.  After the first 48-72 hours it is much less of a risk.
506248
Sometimes the pulp (nerve) in the tooth will become inflamed whenever a tooth has treatment done on it and usually resolves.  However, three signs that the pulp is not going to recover is 1. The tooth wakes you up at night.  2. The tooth starts hurting for no reason.  3. Whenever you get hot or cold things near the tooth it sets the tooth off and it hurts for more several minutes.  My advice would be to keep things with extreme temperatures away from the tooth, don't chew on it and just "baby" the tooth along for a couple of weeks.  If the tooth starts behaving like I just described, chances are you will need a root canal on the tooth.  Also, it sounds like a crown would have been a better choice to restore the tooth if your tooth split in half.\n\nDr. R.
1143891
two months?  egad!!  if I were you I'd do whatever it takes to get better!  if you're a smoker quit smoking, eat liquid meals (yogurt, jello, slimfast shakes) so you don't have to chew, drink lots of water... don't use a straw and no smoking because the sucking action is what causes and aggravates dry socket... ask your dentist if you should use an antiseptic mouthwash... good luck, I hope you get better!\n\nHere is what webmd.com says about dry socket:\n"Dry socket. Dry socket is a common complication that occurs when either a blood clot has failed to form in the extracted tooth socket or else the blood clot that did form has been dislodged. Without clot formation, healing will be delayed. When it happens, dry socket typically occurs 3 or 4 days following the extraction and is accompanied by pain (ranging from "dull" to moderate to severe) and a foul mouth odor. Your dentist or oral surgeon will treat the dry socket by placing a medicated dressing in the socket. Dressing will need to be removed and replaced every 24 hours until symptoms subside."
863191
give it a little more time and if it doesn't get better, go back to your dentist again since you may need your bite adjusted again, or the filling just wasn't enough and you may need a root canal. There's various reasons your tooth could still hurt, but it shouldn't hurt for no more than a couple of months at most. If it does, the dentist needs to do more work on it.
94886
Probably you are like me in that genetically you have thin gum tissue. \n\nThe best solution is to use only a sulcus toothbrush to clean the gumline and a regular soft toothbrush on the teeth only.\n\nYour cut gum tissue should heal gradually within a week. If you need help to control bleeding or soreness, I recommend having your dentist or peridontist prescribe Peridex (chlorhexidine gluconate). If the tissue, does not heal as expected, see a periodontist. Peridontists are much more competent than dentists concerning the gums.
222688
No, it does not always have to be pulled.  In the event of an accident and a tooth is knocked loose, get to your dentist immediately.  The dentist will adjust the tooth to the correct position in the mouth and then use a tooth colored bonding material called composite to stabalize the tooth by attaching it to the teeth on either side of the loose tooth.  Hopefully within a couple of weeks the bone surrounding the tooth will heal and once again hold the tooth firmly in place at which point the bonding material can be removed.
414965
You don't feel anything at all when you have an extraction done, apart from the slight pain from the injection, but you'll have had injections before for fillings so you'll know what to expect. They get you numbed up, and then they go in with some pliers and just pull it out. Honestly, you don't feel anything except for some pressure. The noise is the worst thing really, it's kind of like a creaking noise as the roots become dislodged, and then a crack when it comes out. Afterwards, you spit out a lot of blood which is kind of freaky, but it doesn't bleed for all that long. I took pain killers for a couple of days afterwards I think, but I don't think I really needed them. It feels weird having a hole in your gum, and always tempting to stick your tongue in it - but don't, it will dislodge the clot! Honestly, I'd just get it done under local. I had 3 teeth pulled at once when I was only about 12, done under local, and yeah, I was really scared, but it honestly wasn't that bad.
1139220
I got all 4 wisdom teeth pulled out in 1 appointment.It wasn't done under General anesthesia,but with Nitrous oxide and I.V. sedative.Took 1 hr. but didn't know what happened.Though my doc. says that he had a hard time pulling them as my bone was very dense.I healed pretty well.I was sore for the first day and slept mostly.Didn't feel much pain because of the pain killers.\n\nWord of advise:\nTake your antibiotics and pain-killers exactly as told by doc.Also follow the instructions well.Don't brush or rinse the first day as you risk rinsing away the clots which are forming and necessary for healing.start keeping the area very clean afterwards to prevent any infection.
717789
My girlfriend just had this done.  It was sore for a few weeks, but the pain medicine she was given really eased the process.  She is happy all in all.  Recovery tiime is several weeks to be fully healed, but she quit being discomforted after about 2 weeks.
729356
I tell most of my patients who are having orthognathic surgery (jaw corrective surgery) that they'll follow the rule of 2's:\nFor the first 2 days, you feel/look like you've been hit by a truck.\nFor the first 2 weeks, you'll stay pretty swollen.\nAnd most of the swelling will be gone by 2 months.\n\nYou'll really start feeling better after about 4-5 days after surgery.  However, you really can't judge the results of the surgery until about 2-4 months afterwards.\n\nThese surgeries can be wonderfully helpful, and give fantastic cosmetic results.  Good luck!
324625
First of all you need to see your dentist so he or she can take xrays of your wisdom teeth and do an exam to determine if they are going to erupt properly and to make sure you do not have an infection.  To ease the pain until then take 800mg of Ibuprofen which is prescription strength .. you can take this every 6-8 hours as needed for pain... but be careful not to use Ibuprofen for an extended period of time as it can be harmful to the stomach.  To help with the pain in of your gums rinse with warm salt water several times a day as it has a natural healing and soothing effect on the gums... use 1 teaspoon of salt to 8 ounces of water.  But definitely make sure to call and make an appointment with your dentist.