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Visitor asks:
Hello!
Today I had an appointment to have the wisdom tooth on the left side removed. Under local conduction anaesthesia with Ultracain, the dentist loosened the dental crown and removed tooth 38. After the procedure the wound was packed. When I got home I noticed only a hole full of blood. I would like to know why the wound was not sutured and whether the hole will always remain like this.
Thank you in advance for your answer and kind regards.
Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:
Dear Sir/Madam!
If it was not necessary to additionally release the soft periodontal tissues during extraction of the wisdom tooth, then suturing the wound is not necessary either. Final remodelling of the bone will occur in approximately half a year; by then all traces of the procedure will have disappeared completely.
Have a nice day!
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