mart360

How long before supposed disolvable stiches disolve??


I had a load put in my gum last week, and there sill there,

my gum looks like a turky crown all trussed up, and these bl**dy stiches seem to be getting tighter, i would have thought the swelling would have subsided by now..

question is,,,, do i wait to see if the disolve, or do i snip and pull em myself ??

and then watch as my gum open up ,, been lots of odd flappy bits that are now starting to hopefully fuse together


M

Lee247

If you are worried, go back to the dentist.
For God's sake, don't cut them yourself, I would have thought it would take at least a couple of weeks for them to disolve

ajm

Its amazing how gums can heal.... they can look open and ragged as anything and still everything will smooth over eventually. I'd leave the stitches another week unless they are causing discomfort or there is any sign of infection in which case see your dentist who will probably remove them. They will have done their job by now anyway.

King RA

Had them earlier this year. I would say it was around a couple of weeks.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Think it took between 1 and 2 weeks for mine to disolve in my gum, though it was quite a few years ago.

John.

Milamber

iTrader: (2)

Not your week is it mate

fast bloke

Allow 10 days for your gum to heal - after that you could probably snip every other one with no worries. If they are still there after 21 days whack them out. (Usually hurts like **** though)

mart360

tell me about it....

go into hospital for an op...

made redundant...

oh and the tax man now wants to check my tax records for the last year,



and my stitches are killing me

Mart

mart360

im going to see the white angel later today...

i know when i had my last one done they were flapping around after 7 days.. and taking them out was easy snip pull tickle

i was just about to have a go when the mrs phoned me up... and she told me off as well


humph i,m really titsed off now




Mart

David Lock

I am sure your employer can't do that under current legislation.......

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Hope things improve btw. They will.

mart360

been to dentist

got to put up with the pain as its the gums settling down..

got to go back in dec for impressions but prolly wont h=get the bits until Jan

wonder if i can get the bits on ebay ??


M