Nicole,
Before the extractions are done, your dentist will take impressions of your mouth and send them to the dental lab to make a partial denture. So it will be ready for the day of surgery.
There are a couple of ways to have this done.
1) The partial denture can be delivered to the oral surgeons office. He removes the teeth and places the partial denture. You keep it in until you see your dentist the next day. She will remove it and make some adjustments. You will wear it most of the time for about 2 weeks... may have to go in to see her for some adjustments in that time period.
2) The partial denture gets delivered to your dentist. You see the oral surgeon for the extractions and then go to your dentist immediately after the surgery. She puts in the partial and the regimen is the same as above.
The partial denture will not interfere with the clotting. It actually prevents anything from disturbing the surgical site. The clots are up inside of the sockets, the partial sits on top of the gum.
A transitional partial (that's what it's called) is made of an acrylic material, no metal. The fee depends on your location. This partial is worn for several weeks or months (depends on the individual case) and then another partial is made which may be made out of metal and acrylic. You would need to speak with your dentist about what she would have the lab make for you.
I hope this information helps. Sounds like you have a very supportive husband ;-)
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Dry socket girl
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
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