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10-31-2014, 08:42 AM | #1 | |||
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Hi Wendy,
How is the site feeling today? It is important that the packing not stay in there for more than a couple of days as it will have no healing purpose and it's like leaving a wet bandade on a wound. Bacteria will set up house in the wound. Never feel like you are being annoying when you require follow up care. It is their obligation to see this through and make sure that you have no complications. If they will not take care of you... then please see another oral surgeon to treat this properly. If the site does not heal well, you could end up with a permanent bacterial issue in that area of bone. So it is important that this be taken care of properly. Bryanna Quote:
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Bryanna ***I have been in the dental profession for 4 decades. I am an educator and Certified Dental Assistant extensively experienced in chair side assisting and dental radiography. The information that I provide here is my opinion based on my education and professional experience. It is not meant to be taken as medical advice.*** |
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10-31-2014, 11:26 AM | #2 | ||
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Is the packing supposed to just be a brown paste that seems to slowly be dissolving on its own? They never put any gauze in there, he just squeezed the paste in through a syringe and told me that was it. He did have my bite down on some gauze for a while though but I eventually spit that out.
Also, yes, he did irrigate it with a few syringes full of water or saline, tasted more like saline. |
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10-31-2014, 03:26 PM | #3 | |||
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Wendy,
There are different materials used, but yes, one of them is a brown paste and it can be placed via a syringe. It will dissolve or fall out eventually but in the mean time it holds bacteria too. That's why in most cases, it is recommended that it be changed. How does the site feel today? Bryanna Quote:
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