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What Is The Ball Type Tissue That Is Left After A Tooth Fall?

I had a tooth that was behind my adult tooth. it fell out today about 30 mins ago, and it left behind a bloody ball type thing behind my adult tooth. the tooth that fell out was holly and had a chip in it( a hole actually) when i had chipped it a few months back is this ball something i should be worried about??
Wed, 12 Mar 2014
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Dentist, Pedodontics 's  Response
The tooth that gad fall out would be a supernumerary tooth...A supernumerary tooth is a xtra tooth apart from the tooth which should be there in the oral cavity...it looks like a normal tooth in shape and size..They are generally located behind the normal tooth but can found anywhere Buccal, Lingual, Palatal, Distal or Mesial...
Now if it had fell of of its own....bloody ball may be just residual plugg which was left after tooth fell off..The plugg actually contains blood, soft tissue remnants ....
I wud suggest you to visit a dentist so that he or she will curettage the socket...and clean wid betadine in order to avoid further infection.
Hope this will help you...
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Dentist Dr. Dipti Singh's  Response
Hello, thank you for consulting with healthcaremagic.
As you are mentioning that a ball type of thing is left behind your tooth after your tooth has been fallen, it looks that the root of tooth has left behind.
So better you should visit your dentist and get it removed.
Hope it will help you.
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What Is The Ball Type Tissue That Is Left After A Tooth Fall?

The tooth that gad fall out would be a supernumerary tooth...A supernumerary tooth is a xtra tooth apart from the tooth which should be there in the oral cavity...it looks like a normal tooth in shape and size..They are generally located behind the normal tooth but can found anywhere Buccal, Lingual, Palatal, Distal or Mesial... Now if it had fell of of its own....bloody ball may be just residual plugg which was left after tooth fell off..The plugg actually contains blood, soft tissue remnants .... I wud suggest you to visit a dentist so that he or she will curettage the socket...and clean wid betadine in order to avoid further infection. Hope this will help you...