Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I had teeth numbers 4 and 5 extracted five days ago. I was told it was a difficult extraction and one of the teeth had broken. He then drilled, extracted it and stitched the site. My stitches have not dissolved as yet and I am scheduled to get my partials inserted in two days. Please advise me as my thinking is it’s too soon, however, I have heard that they place the partials in at the time of extractions. Would that be stitches and all?
- Jackie from Massachusetts
Jackie,
I feel for you going through those difficult extractions.
You don’t necessarily have to have complete healing before you can place either partial dentures or full dentures. That is often done. Sometimes complete dentures are placed the same day that the teeth are extracted. Right over the stitches.
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
I have been suffering from bulimia for about eight years. I’m starting to recover but my teeth look paper thin, they are very sensitive, and they are stained. What do you suggest I do? I haven’t been the the dentist yet but I am mostly concerned about how thin the front ones are, then about the sensitivity.
- Valerie in Pennsylvania
Dear Valerie,
With bulimia, your teeth dissolve away from the inside surfaces, because of the acid that comes up from your stomach. So when you reconstruct the teeth, you also need to build up that inside surface, meaning that you most likely will need full crowns, which cover the tooth all the way around. That will strengthen the teeth, restoring their natural thickness, and it will cover the sensitive areas as well, so it will solve both problems.
And I believe that it’s important, when you’re recovering from bulimia, to be restored with a beautiful, natural smile, to help you get over that feeling of being abnormal that troubles people with this problem. If you have crowns with a metal foundation, they’re going to look fake. They will probably look opaque, and they will develop a dark line at the gumline. So I would recommend bonded all-porcelain crowns.
And to do those well, you need an expert cosmetic dentist. So be careful who you go to. If you get a dentist who has been associated with the Las Vegas Institute, or with PAC-Live, as Dr. McKay has been, your chances are that you have an excellent cosmetic dentist who could do this well. They should be proudly displaying photographs of their work, and should be good listeners. These are some things you could look for. Of course, if you would like to come to Seattle, we’d be happy to see you here and would treat you well.
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