I had bone graft on the upper front part of my mouth (laterals) yesterday. My dentist shaved the top part of my dentures and put it back in right after surgery. Had some proteint shake, brushed lower teeth and drank lots of water. Now before going to bed, I took off my dentures and saw a ball of blood clot hanging from my gums where the surgery was. Is it normal? My dentist will be off tom. And now I'm panicking if I did something wrong.
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It is a serious problem if the bone graft is coming out with the stitches. Some particles of graft (similar to grains of sand) may come to the surface but there shouldn't be complete exposure of the site. If the graft gets exposed to the oral environment too early it becomes very u...
It happens sometimes, that the bone particles or pieces of bone make through the gums and start poking you. In many instances it does not indicate a bone graft failure. Just go back to that dentist, to evaluate it. It's a very easy fix, bone can be smoothed out and the...
