When you get a cavity filled do they put stitches in?!
Question: I just got my HUGE cavity filled she kept drilling deeper and deeper. But then when she was done she was trying to pull this string out (it wasnt flaws) and she couldnt get it out so she snipt it.. i was wondering if she was putting in stiches or just a string?
My mouth is still numb
Answers: I just got my HUGE cavity filled she kept drilling deeper and deeper. But then when she was done she was trying to pull this string out (it wasnt flaws) and she couldnt get it out so she snipt it.. i was wondering if she was putting in stiches or just a string?
My mouth is still numb
Ahhhh, NO, she didn't put a stitch in your tooth, that's not possible, you can't put a stitch in a "solid" material such as the enamel of a tooth. From your description it sounds as though you didn't get a cavity filled, you had a Root Canal procedure performed and the "string" ,you refer to, could have been the temporary placement of a medicated packing. The only other possible use of what you would call a string, would indeed be a string that was saturated with epinephrine. That kind of string is used to control bleeding and hold gum tissue back from the side of a tooth so that a procedure can be performed. "Usually" this is involved with prepping a tooth for a Crown. In your case it could have been that the filing you needed was involving having to place part of it below the gum line and the DDS needed a clean unobstructed work area around the cavity. Once the cavity filing was completed the string would have been removed...not left, not even a piece of it. Good luck and I wish you well.
noooo..you cant put stiches in your mouth...for cavity fillings? how old are you? just wonderin....seriously tho..wow...no it was probably just part of the filling
Its called a rod, and what it does is it seperates your tooth from the gums just a tiny bit giving a little bit of extra room and it also absorbs a bit of blood while its down there :)
No, not stitches. They use a special kind of cement called dental stone.