Hello Dr. Sumra. I thought you'd be interested to know that the strange itching in my wife's lower gum has stopped since the removal of the stitches from the extraction of her upper tooth on the last ... View answer

My son of 7.5 yrs just had adenoid tonsillectomy 5 days ago. His gums are swollen but there is no ... be reoperated for stitches. In the follow up, the surgeon said he is recovering well but but my son ... View answer

Hi I had a tooth extraction done by an oral surgeon, the tooth had root canals so was harder to extract, however now 8 days later it seems as you can see the bone the stitches are gone and yesterday I ... View answer

anesthetic . Anyway I had stitches, its been 5 days and my gum still hurts. I took an antibiotic right before ... View answer

Hi.. My wife has gone through tooth extraction where 2 teeth (wisdom tooth) got extracted together today in 1 hour long process. She got few stitches as well post surgery in gums. Dentist recommended ... View answer

I had 2 teeth side by side removed a week ago. Have stitches. The stitches and that area where tooth pulled healing well but I have a flap in my gums which is quite painful but worse is there may be ... View answer

gums, some have fallen out and some have disappeared into my gums, but the remaining stiches are halfway into my gums and they are bothering me, what can I do about them irritating me? ... View answer

feels like someone punched him, his gums are tender, also stitches feel tight, his jawbone hurts on the inside but more nuisance pain but certain positions make the stitches feel like they are pulling... View answer

surgeon said that he put dissovable stitches in my mouth. How long will it take for them to completely dissolve? The stitches arent bothering me but the knots are starting to bother my gums a little... View answer

now full of dissolving stitches. My question is...how do I clean the nasty thick white buildup all over my gums? Rinsing with salt water isn t removing it. Since I can t brush because of so many ... View answer