ripply,
Before you panic, get the xray done. Explain your constant mouth odor to the dentist. Is he an oral surgeon or a general dentist?
Nicotine lowers the body's natural healing ability. So yes, they could have affected the healing. Any smoking that you are doing is just adding to the problem. There is probably not better time to stop than now.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by ripply
Oh no, I'm terrified it's a bone infection now. I can't see what else it could be. I didn't smoke while it was healing but I did use nicotine patches and maybe they're as bad. I had a vodka and coke when we were out for dinner for my granny's birthday, which was only two weeks after the extraction. I wish I'd known alcohol should be avoided.
My doctor said the indigestion was caused by the stomach ulcer. It was treated then and I haven't had any problems for years. I can't see any white on my tongue. It looks pink and when I look really closely, there are tiny pink dots on it. I'm not sure if that's normal. I do tongue scraping and there doesn't seem to be any odour from it.
I'll ask my dentist to X-ray it again but if it's too early and isn't obvious, is there anything else I can do? Is there any type of specialist I should see? It's really scary to think of a bone infection. I'm imagining thay'll have to cut out lots of bone which is terrifying.
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