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So i am a week into having my wisdom tooth pulled been having terriable pain, today i used my water pick and two very tiny pieces of a tooth cameout i?

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Wisdom teeth: It is unlikely that tooth fragments were left in the extraction site. If you are still in terrible pain one week post op, then your surgeon should be evaluating the site for any complications. In addition, a water pik is contraindicated for use in a healing surgical wound due to the potential for tissue damage and irritation. Please call your surgeon.

Answered 11/24/2016

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Pain: First, call the extracting Dentist or specialist Oral Surgeon and report your pain. You may require additional post-surgical treatment for immediate relief. Second, put the Water-Pik away until Surgeon says it's OK to use. Third, probably bone spicules or food debris rather than tooth pieces. If you still have them show them to the surgeon.

Answered 11/22/2016

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Dr. Robert Douglas answered

Specializes in Orthodontics

See your Dentist: You shouldn't still have pain after a week. See your dentist to find out what's going on. The pieces were probably bits of bone which is normal after an extraction.

Answered 7/24/2017

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