On 5/2/2021 9:16 AM, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> My old dentist died so I went to my wife's dentist.
>> He extracted 4 teeth. I sure hope he knows what he's doing.
>> The old school method is to sew up your gums where the teeth
>> were but my dentist just lets the gums flap in the wind.
>> I sure hope he knows what he's doing.
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> For what it's worth, I've had 3 wisdom teeth and one very back molar
> extracted in my life. Never any stitches and the gums healed fine.
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My dentist stitched my bottom gums... those teeth were the impacted
ones. The top ones didn't need stitches. The bottom stitches are the
type that dissolve, and it seems that they already have.