Healing of gums after wisdom teeth removal

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JoJo - 09 Apr 2006 01:57 GMT

Had both lwoer wisdom tooth out

How is the gums supposed to heal?

I have gaps after the gap teeth and where the gum starts - the gaps are only
on one side (the cheek side) - on the other side the gum starts straight
away where the last tooth stops - is this right - if not, cant it be fixed?
i would have thought after the last normal molar the gum would start -
bearing in mind thats exactly where the wisdom tooth was..

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Steven Bornfeld - 09 Apr 2006 02:46 GMT

> Had both lwoer wisdom tooth out
>
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> i would have thought after the last normal molar the gum would start -
> bearing in mind thats exactly where the wisdom tooth was..

The gum will heal--don't worry about that. It is sometimes not
possible to stitch the edges of the gums together. In that case the
hole fills from the bottom up. There may be a "divet" for quite some
time--perhaps several months, depending on how open the socket is. It
will be covered within a few weeks though.

Steve

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Joel344 - 09 Apr 2006 05:05 GMT

True, we agree and please be careful
when operating the riding mower over it.

Steven Bornfeld Wrote:

> > Had both lwoer wisdom tooth out
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> Stev

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Joel34

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