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A member asked:
Wanted to know if i can sleep on my third molar surgical extraction sites?
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Sedation: If you are healthy and barring some medical issues, you can receive sedation so that you will not be awake during the removal of your wisdom teeth. Consult with an oral surgeon who can go over your options.
Answered 12/10/2013
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Comfort zone: The appropriate anesthesia depends on the complexity of the dental treatment and your own comfort zone. With the profound local anesthesia and IV sedation you will have no recall of the events of the gingivectomy surgery or experience any pain. Good luck.
Answered 3/11/2015
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Blood clot fell out of tooth extraction site. What do I do? Had surgery 8 hours ago and did not bleed much and now my blood clot fell out and i'm worried about dry socket. It's in the rear bottom molar.
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Oral surgery. Are dissolvable stitches easily visible a few hours of removing gauzes of third molar extractions. I can't see them. I only see dark red where the cuts where made. I assume the stitches are under the "drying" blood above the stitches?
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Oral surgery. On 6th day of healing 3rd molar extractions & got stitches. On one lower site a small blood clot chunk (covered tip of q-tip) fell out today. Little pain. 21 yrs old. Don't smoke, no straw. Possible dry socket on day 6-7 after surgery?
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When you sleep on your side after tooth extraction surgery?
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