I understand Bryanna. My oral surgeon will do the extractions not the dentist because they are upper and with the sinus being so close, she will not do it anyway. I am not sure how the partial will go in unless I drive to her after the extraction for placement. Omg what about dry sockets and all that stuff if the partial is placed immediately after. When u take the partial out do u pull the clot out also. At this point after the good cry, a slight pity party, and my BFF telling me that it is the best thing and nobody will know except you I am getting a grip on it. It just sucks so bad but my husband made a good point and told me rid yourself of the mess and keep the good. One side will be empty but later in life I will not have to worry about it again. He also said u will go nuts every little pain wondering is the work failing and with sjourens it is probably the best bet. He said he loves me so much and with or without teeth I am his soulmate. I just feel like I am in a bad dream.
Anyway getting back to the partial right away... How does that affect the clotting of the teeth? And how expensive is a partial and is that the one with a metal attachment?
Thanks bryanna

QUOTE=Bryanna;833064]Nicole
I understand everything you are saying. I understand that you don't want to loose your teeth. But you need to ask yourself.... What am I keeping? At what expense (both health and financial) am I hanging onto diseased teeth?

When you mentioned the throbbing on a few of your recent posts, I knew what was happening and that sooner than later you were going to have to make a decision on what to do. I didn't talk about it because you are still feeling anxious over the recent extractions and I could tell that intuitively you knew there was going to be other tooth problems. SO I waited until you realized this throbbing was not going to go away on it's own. Hope you understand why I didn't bring it up sooner.

If you tell your dentist... "I need those teeth"... then she will not offer you any other options and will proceed with root canals. If you tell her.... "I do not want to deal with chronic infection and ultimately have to remove those teeth" .... hopefully she will be less likely to convince you to do root canals. Ask her for treatment options and how she would plan on removing those teeth and fabricating a partial denture for you.

Generally, a temporary partial is made prior to the extractions and it is placed in your mouth immediately after the extractions. I know this sounds scary but the partial acts as a bandade over the wounds and it actually helps to shape the bone as it is healing so the new partial fits well.

I cannot stress enough for you to keep in mind as a priority... root canaled teeth are always infected so you run the risk of further problems and you will be addressing these teeth again at some point. Successful replacement options for root canaled teeth are limited due to the diseased bone from the infected teeth.

I know you are scared.... I understand.

Bryanna[/QUOTE]