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Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Most of the time I use chromic gut sutures in the mouth. Will last 5-7 days and then dissolve. They make for nasty scars if used where the wound can be seen though because they cause a little more inflammation than other types of sutures.  Perfect for wisdom teeth though.
TR-
Fess up Sir. He left them or you didn't want to go back to the "pain cave" again so you skipped your 1 week post-op visit? LOL
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You must practice dentistry for the military.
I went back for the one week appointment, he removed all of the sutures from three of the sockets, left one or two in the last one.
I noticed the inflammation, then saw the black thread with a mirror. Thought about removing them myself, and decided that I could make things worse by messing with them myself.
He seemed pretty unconcerned about his error when I came back in a couple of weeks later for him to fix it.
Where are the ambulance chasers when you need one?
TR
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