Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 7 weeks! Wow! When I told my husband they were bothering me he offered to pull them out. I gave him a dirty look for that! I'm only 6 days post-op so I wouldn't even consider touching them, let alone pulling them out (ask me again at 7 weeks though and I'll probably be singing a different tune)! I remember with my wisdom teeth I pulled every last stich out with my tongue. It probably would have been easier to use tweezers, but I somehow justified that it was natural for them to fall out with my tongue, how's that for logic? Thanks! Kim > Hi Kim, > > Don't do what I did and pull on them with tweezers! Owww! I thought > it was a bit of food stuck in my braces and I soon found out it was > not! > > My stitches didn't fall out (or dissolve) until about week 7. At one > of my visits to the surgeon (after the stitch-pulling incident at > home), I mentioned it to him, and he said " I need to do some > gardening in there " . He snipped the long ends off for me. > > Rinsing with salt water helps to loosen them (they will lengthen, > unfortunately) and they should come out on their own. Do NOT try to > cut them with scizzors, you don't have the same control or view into > your mouth, and you might cut something that you can't feel right now. > > If yours do stay in as long as mine did, just keep up your rigorous > cleaning routine. > > I think I swallowed every last one of my stitches : ) > > Hope that helps, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 7 weeks! Wow! When I told my husband they were bothering me he offered to pull them out. I gave him a dirty look for that! I'm only 6 days post-op so I wouldn't even consider touching them, let alone pulling them out (ask me again at 7 weeks though and I'll probably be singing a different tune)! I remember with my wisdom teeth I pulled every last stich out with my tongue. It probably would have been easier to use tweezers, but I somehow justified that it was natural for them to fall out with my tongue, how's that for logic? Thanks! Kim > Hi Kim, > > Don't do what I did and pull on them with tweezers! Owww! I thought > it was a bit of food stuck in my braces and I soon found out it was > not! > > My stitches didn't fall out (or dissolve) until about week 7. At one > of my visits to the surgeon (after the stitch-pulling incident at > home), I mentioned it to him, and he said " I need to do some > gardening in there " . He snipped the long ends off for me. > > Rinsing with salt water helps to loosen them (they will lengthen, > unfortunately) and they should come out on their own. Do NOT try to > cut them with scizzors, you don't have the same control or view into > your mouth, and you might cut something that you can't feel right now. > > If yours do stay in as long as mine did, just keep up your rigorous > cleaning routine. > > I think I swallowed every last one of my stitches : ) > > Hope that helps, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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