Hi,

Thanks for asking the query,

According to your clinical history i suppose that your infected bone is removed and replaced with an implanted bone, dont worry it will take some time to heal usually upto 2-4 months.
You just maintain a very good oral hygiene in the region, the sutures are to be removed after a week of time.

You just follow the post surgery instructions given to you.
Maintain a very good oral hygiene.
Take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Avoid eating of hot and spicy foodstuffs.
Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption.

Hope this helps out,

Regards...

Hello,

Welcome to healthcaremagic.

From the details provided,its clear that the infected bone has been replaced by implanted bone.

If the sutures has lost,you can consult your dentist and get it checked and restored to promote healing of socket.

I would advice you to take complete course of amoxycillin along with analgesics.

Avoid stressful jobs.

Usually such socket heals within1-3 months.

Swish with lukewarm saline frequently.

Avoid spicy foods,acidic beverages.

Hope this helps.

hello
as per your description i presume that your tooth ws grossly carious with a very large periapical infection which led to huge amount of bone loss and hence your tooth was removed and the infected area of bone was curretted and since thickness of bone left would have been thin (succeptible to fracture )hence bone graft material was put in the area and than sutures were given to close the wound
now bone healing takes around 4-7 weeks (more in old patients and those whose health is compromised)---so for that stay assured
as for your stitches --normally stitches get loose after 4-5 days if the wound starts healing , so you have a feeling that they are hanging
but to be sure ,that the stitches are not torn ,you may visit your dentist
in the meanwhile just what you need to do is
1.maintain good oral hygiene so that the wound site is not infected
2.luke warm saline rinses(add betadine ) 6-8 times daily as it promotes healing manyfold
best wishes

HELLO
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERN IN HCM FORUM
AS PER YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY , MINOR SURGICAL PROCEDURE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON YOU TO REMOVE INFECTED BONE AND REPLACED IT WITH IMPLANTED BONE.
DO NOT GET WORRIED , SUCH SOCKETS TAKE 3 TO 4 MONTHS FOR COMPLETE HEALING.
BUT STILL IF YOU ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT SUTURES ,VISIT YOUR DENTIST AND GET THE SUTURES EXAMINED.
COMPLETE THE COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS AND ANALGESICS UNDER PRESCRIPTION.
START WITH VITAMIN C AND MULTIVITAMIN TABLETS FOR FASTER HEALING.
DO WARM WATER RINSES 3 TIMES A DAY.
DO NOT LET FOOD ACCUMULATE AT SURGICAL SITE AREA , IT CAN DELAY HEALING.
MAINTAIN GOOD ORAL HYGIENE.
FOR ANY QUERY , WRITE US BACK.
TAKE CARE
REGARDS