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Originally Posted by Intense1
Hi Popo - thank you so much for answering our questions.
Mine is this: I have receeding gum lines on my....ok....there's my front teeth, then the next two (on either side), then the next two are ok, but THE ONES AFTER THAT (I guess they're the first molars on both sides) I went to a local dentist once to check on this, and he told me to sit back and relax, and then he proceeded to bring this air-blowing monstrosity to my very sensitive teeth, and then he put on this plastic on the teeth and gums. He was a bit old, and got offended when I grabbed his arm as he blew cold air on my poor teeth! Just 24 hours after he did this the plastic came off, and I've dealt with it ever since.
Am I doomed to have exposed gums now? I'm in my mid 40's, so I'm not a youngster, and I have very good teeth, for the most part, and good gums too.
Do you ever get belted by patients, by the way? 
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Nope, haven't been belted by a patient yet. Yet.
The receding gums could be fixed with the composite (white) fillings and it sounds like that's what your doc tried to do. You should go back if they came off (it's pretty common when used for this purpose) and maybe he'll try again. It depends on a few things that I can't see on a message board but I'd prefer to do gum grafting to cover the exposed roots. Ask him about it and he'll send you to a periodontist for eval.
In the meantime, don't brush so hard on these teeth. I have a feeling that's how this happened.....
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Originally Posted by Paq
i'm proud to say, after years of neglect, i am finally able to take care of myself...
which means an extraction, several crowns, etc...
i just had my first (of four) visits and he removed a molar. He gave me some gauze and 800mg motrin for the pain. My issue: 4 hrs and still bleeding and i've been swapping gauze out and i'm out right now. I am trying to eat potato soup and ...it's a bit of an issue, to put it mildly. Any tips? this is the first 9 hrs home now and the bleeding is pretty much gone. is there anything i really need to watch for. I can't drink much and i still taste blood, and it's just very uncomfy. The pain isn't bad at all, though, after the first 2 hrs. I think i was biting improperly with the gauze in my mouth.
I'm really scared of removing the bloodclot in the socket accidentally. I dont' know how easy it is to do that and i REALLY do not wish to have a dry socket.
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Well I hope that it's all more comfortable now, a couple days later. As long as you avoid using a straw, smoking, and spitting you should be fine. Now, props to you for getting things straightened out. You should be like a beacon for lots of other folks reading who have neglected themselves out of fear for years. Can you imagine if someone didn't wipe their ass for years and it constantly bled on touch due to infection but yet they didn't see a doc out of fear??? Same thing here, just opposite end of the hose.
