Good luck, Sally. Wishing you a speedy procedure and recovery.

My youngest has some sort of disease process going on with her baby teeth; her body was eating the roots away, so the teeth just fell away bit by bit.

In order to hang on to some of them, she had to have 11 root/canals & caps put on at age 3 1/2, but I put it off till she was 5 cause I couldn't bear to have her go through so much, so young.

We had her put out, and I am glad we went this route. She woke up in no pain, and none the wiser.

You'll be fine, hun!

Cherie

Sally,
I had eight teeth pulled this past March. All the back teeth and partial dentures made.
This was done for the same reason you are having yours done. My teeth kept breaking!
The dentist said he wasn't aware of it being an MS thing and had never heard of interferon (I take rebif and have for three and a half years) causing this. I still believe in my heart that it is connected. I never had a problem until about two years ago.
Best of luck to you tomorrow, if I can do it..........You can!! I am the worlds biggest chicken and look I lived to tell!!
The gauze is the most bothersome! Will be thinking about you tomorrow, it will be over before you know it!! Take Care.............Barb

Hi Sally,

Just speaking from experience, I hope you have soft food on hand for awhile.
I have full dentures, due to the same problems you are having, although long before MS.

I thought I'd never see the day when I would be able to eat crackers again, let alone raw veggies.

Just think of what a great smile you will have when it's all over. You will be in my thoughts and prayers, too.

bnz2

Versed is a wonderful drug, IMO. I cannot imagine anyone enduring 12 extractions at one time without some kind of true sedation...adult extractions can be tricky, as the tooth can split, and that makes it more difficult.

The only downside I experienced was that I had to pay for the sedation (not that I would have let that stand in the way of my sleeping through the entire procedure).

It really helped me when I had recent dental work done to have a nice warm comfy afghan over me. I really relaxed all nice and warm. Good luck

Sally,
I just saw your posting!
Sorry you had to have the teeth
removed...i feel for you!

Yrs ago, I had a dental implant
put in. I experienced a lot of pain
the following days & believe me i
tolerate pain pretty well.

I hope all went well with the procedure.
Hope you're not in pain
& resting comfortably.

vlys

I'm alive and that's all can say good about it.

Half way through the procedure, they had to stop, because Versed was working in the opposite way for me. I became adgitated and my blood preasure shot up. Very unusual for me.

They were going to put me in the hospital to finish, but I asked them to just finish up with novacane. The surgeon didn't want to do it, but my BP came down to normal, so he did it.

So it was a Murphy's Law type thing. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I was in a lot of pain throughout the procedure and afterwords. That Darvocet is marvy stuff, though.

So it's all over and the good news is, I won't have to go to the Dentist for any more fillings. The teeth I have on the bottom have never had a cavity and they're strong so, maybe a cleaning now and then and that's it. WooHoo!!

I'm swollen, sore, hungry and upset. Thanks Guys, I may have to lay down in a little while, because these meds make me sleepy and I seem to be having a mini flare from all the stress of this...arghhh!!!

Hugs For You All,

Glad it's over Sally! I hope you feel better soon and that you'll be able to eat soon as well. Big hugs to you....

I'm so sorry Sally. Sounds like the proverbial nightmare.

I hope you heal quickly, and like childbirth, your memory spares you the vivid memory in the future.