Loose back tooth

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" Robin Stewart " <benfordlaw

 

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:32 PM

Loose back tooth

 

 

> Despite posting a question in the dental topic of the message board and

> posting the same one here a few times my tooth is still loose. Probably

> because no one replied to my request for some guidance.

>

> I have a back tooth that is loose and may have some infection underneath

it

> because it is sometimes more proud than others. There are gingival pockets

> around the tooth. They are large. Is there a way of tightening this all up

> and possibly having a firm tooth again?

>

> Best wishes,

>

>

> Robin

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin,

 

I had a loose wisdom tooth for a few years. My dentist was loath to

extract it because of the knock-on effect of losing a tooth which

corresponds with the one below for chewing purposes. So I hung onto it

for at least 3 years, knowing that it was getting looser all the time.

I put up with a periodically swollen gum around the tooth, itching in

my eustacian tube on that side due to low level infection, occasional

swelling in my ear, with little lumps that bled when I cleaned my

ear...the hinge of my jaw would swell up now and then.

 

In the end I'd had enough. It began to hurt when I bit down. I went to

my dentist (there are no holistic or alternative dentists in my part of

the UK), though I do have private insurance with a regular dentist. I

asked him to remove the tooth because it was eroding my jaw bone - it

had risen up partly, in an effort, no doubt on behalf of my immune

system to attempt to shed the tooth. It came out like a dream. It

almost jumped out, and it didn't even bleed because my jaw had already

shut off the blood supply.

 

In a sense, I haven't looked back since. Getting rid of the tooth

removed absolutely every symptom I'd been suffering for the last year

or so within a few days. I didn't even have antibiotics, I just ate the

right foods to boost my immunity, and the gum was healed up completely

within a week. I got the strong feeling that my mouth heaved a big sigh

of relief when that tooth went. There was nothing at all that could

have been done physically to reset the tooth into my jaw and make it

stable, especially since my jaw was rejecting the tooth in a big way.

My dentist is a fairly good one, for a standard dentist He did

outline the problems to me that may follow on losing a back tooth,

especially a wisdom. The tooth above may grow longer over time and

press into the jaw below, having nothing to grind on now, but this

takes years to happen.

 

The result was that my jaw is slightly less stable when chewing on that

side, having an important grinding tooth missing because the tooth's

loss affects your bite a little. I can bite my cheek or lip more

easily, because I've lost the 'anchor' on that side of my mouth. I

still try to chew there as much as possible to keep the gum on that

side healthy, and so far, two years later, it's still fine. My gum on

that side is pink, pristine and firm now, not inflamed and soft, the

way it used to be when the loose tooth was still in there.

 

The most important thing is to resolve the infection in your mouth,

regardless of the tooth, (though it's always a shame to have to lose

one) which seems to be way past it's useful life now. As long as it's

there, you'll have chronic infection and it will never go away

completely as long as there are gaps around the tooth for bacteria to

enter and affect the health of the jaw bone and gum. And maybe your ear

and digestive system too, to an extent. Maybe a consultation with an

alternative dentist might throw up a new idea or two for you. If so, do

let us know!

 

regards,

 

S

 

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On 16 Mar 2004, at 23:32, Robin Stewart wrote:

 

> Despite posting a question in the dental topic of the message board and

> posting the same one here a few times my tooth is still loose. Probably

> because no one replied to my request for some guidance.

>

> I have a back tooth that is loose and may have some infection

> underneath it

> because it is sometimes more proud than others. There are gingival

> pockets

> around the tooth. They are large. Is there a way of tightening this

> all up

> and possibly having a firm tooth again?

>

> Best wishes,

>

>

> Robin

>

>

 

 

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