Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2011/01
From: Jordan Selburn <jselburn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] My face hurts
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:14:54 -0500
Rachel, you certainly have my sympathy! My daughter just had all four wisdom
teeth removed yesterday, and the entire procedure took less than forty minutes.
Also, you were awake for this?
As for your numbness, we were warned that happens in about 1% of the extractions
of lower wisdom teeth. [1] There is a nerve in the jaw that in some cases can be
impacted by the extraction, especially if it runs particularly near the teeth.
We were particularly concerned as my daughter is a voice major and a numb lip
would be an issue - as it would be for a clarinetist! The numbness that you
describe sounds like this may have happened to you, but it generally goes away
in a couple of weeks. Still, you should definitely call up your dentist and get
his opinion.
For others on the list who are facing extractions, your dentist/oral surgeon may
be able to tell from the X-ray if you are at particular risk of such nerve
complications; if the X-ray is not definitive, they can also take a CT scan
which will show the relevant anatomy in great detail. The CT scan, however,
involves a further extraction - of sizable amounts of money from your wallet.
Cheers,
Jordan
[1] Disclaimer: I am not a dentist, nor do I play one on Klarinet.
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From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 6:52:54 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] My face hurts
> Has anyone else had this or something similar done?
I haven't had anything close to what you describe, but I did have my last wisdom
tooth extracted Thursday (lower left side). Things got complicated and it took 3
people an hour and a half to drill and cut the tooth out (impacted, fused to my
jaw, all that good stuff; I can't imagine how much harder had the tooth had all
4 roots instead of only 3). For the first hour, the tooth wouldn't budge and my
dentist called in an oral surgeon to assist (plus the guy that was assisting
with suction and whatnot). At times I wondered if my jaw was going to be
dislocated or broken. I have a small mouth, so not a lot of room to work to get
out a tooth that won't let go (I guess I was extra-special attached to it).
All in all, things are going better than I thought they would. External swelling
continues to go down. There's only a small light red area on the outside of my
jaw (I was told that brusing may happen, so I got lucky). Internally, I'm still
real sore where all the cutting took place, but it's quite tolerable. The main
thing getting me right now is that my lower lip and chin are still numb, The
surgery was finished at 5:30 pm Thursday. It's now almost 10am Saturday, so I'm
going on over 40 1/2 hours with a numb lower lip. I won't be happy if that it
what prevents me from playing at rehearsal Wednesday (as opposed to
post-surgical pain).
Rachel
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