I have an upper tooth which has broken in 3 stages . . 2 sections broke
off over the past couple of weeks and now the final section broke off
this morning. The problem is that this last broken section of the tooth
is hanging on to the gum somehow, I guess it has broken off below the
gum line. The tooth itself doesn't hurt but the broken chunk is wobbling
back and forth and driving me NUTS and the gum area feels a bit
inflammed. I can barely close my mouth and can't eat solid food, and I'm
not sure I can do another day of just soup and jello. Problem is I'm a
mining engineer working at an isolated site. I have made an appointment
with my dentist back home to have this tooth taken care on my next
rotation out, but that's not for another 12 days and I'm sure not going
to request an emergency medivac for this. So I'm really tempted to get a
pair of needle nose pliers and yank this hanging tooth section off so I
can at least eat again. So what will happen, will I bleed to death? Yah,
I know I'm probably making all the dentists cringe, but please try to be
kind as I don't have the "normal" options available up here.

Steve, I think the OP means he wants to remove the fractured part, not
the whole tooth.

Regards,
George

George wrote:

> Steve, I think the OP means he wants to remove the fractured part, not
> the whole tooth.
>
> Regards,
> George
>

Yes, as I said, I want to pull off "the hanging section" that's clinging
to the gum, not the base of the tooth. There's no pain and no infection
that I'm aware of. My only concern is ripping the gum where the hanging
section is attached to it. How do dentists get the gum to detach cleanly
when extracting a whole tooth?

Problem appears to have been handled for now without needing to have an
adventure in medeival dentistry. Our site paramedics aren't allowed to
do anything with teeth or gums unless it's basically life threatening
but they did manage to find some temporary filling material for me in
the supply cabinets. I rinsed as best I could with listerine to
hopefully wash out any crud in the break and then moulded the filling
paste to stabilize the broken piece to the base of the tooth. So far it
seems to be holding rock solid and hopefully will continue to until I
can get to my dentist's office. Anyway I can eat solid food again.
Thanks to all for the suggestions and input.

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:12:11 GMT, A Digging Ape <> wrote:

>George wrote:

>Yes, as I said, I want to pull off "the hanging section" that's clinging
>to the gum, not the base of the tooth. There's no pain and no infection
>that I'm aware of. My only concern is ripping the gum where the hanging
>section is attached to it. How do dentists get the gum to detach cleanly
>when extracting a whole tooth?

We separate the gum from the tooth with a periosteal elevator.

Without seeing it cannot recommend either way.

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:12:11 GMT, A Digging Ape <> wrote:

>George wrote:

>Yes, as I said, I want to pull off "the hanging section" that's clinging
>to the gum, not the base of the tooth. There's no pain and no infection
>that I'm aware of. My only concern is ripping the gum where the hanging
>section is attached to it. How do dentists get the gum to detach cleanly
>when extracting a whole tooth?

If you decide to try this use a 'twisting' motion to try to separate the
tooth fragment from the gum.

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:14:45 GMT, A Digging Ape <> wrote:

>Problem appears to have been handled for now without needing to have an
>adventure in medeival dentistry. Our site paramedics aren't allowed to
>do anything with teeth or gums unless it's basically life threatening
>but they did manage to find some temporary filling material for me in
>the supply cabinets. I rinsed as best I could with listerine to
>hopefully wash out any crud in the break and then moulded the filling
>paste to stabilize the broken piece to the base of the tooth. So far it
>seems to be holding rock solid and hopefully will continue to until I
>can get to my dentist's office. Anyway I can eat solid food again.
>Thanks to all for the suggestions and input.

OK good news.

Best wishes,

A Digging Ape <> wrote in news:qoQBh.92077
$Y6.82623@edtnps89:

> I have an upper tooth which has broken in 3 stages . . 2 sections

broke

> off over the past couple of weeks and now the final section broke off
> this morning. The problem is that this last broken section of the tooth
> is hanging on to the gum somehow, I guess it has broken off below the
> gum line. The tooth itself doesn't hurt but the broken chunk is

wobbling

> back and forth and driving me NUTS and the gum area feels a bit
> inflammed. I can barely close my mouth and can't eat solid food, and

I'm

> not sure I can do another day of just soup and jello. Problem is I'm a
> mining engineer working at an isolated site. I have made an appointment
> with my dentist back home to have this tooth taken care on my next
> rotation out, but that's not for another 12 days and I'm sure not going
> to request an emergency medivac for this. So I'm really tempted to get

a

> pair of needle nose pliers and yank this hanging tooth section off so I
> can at least eat again. So what will happen, will I bleed to death?

Yah,

> I know I'm probably making all the dentists cringe, but please try to

be

> kind as I don't have the "normal" options available up here.
>

I cannot answer to your tolerance of pain, nor how bad your teeth are
overall. I have had bad teeth for years. They were not bad teeth, but
they were crooked teeth due to an accident and I chose to let them die,
because I could not make them look pretty.

Silly reason to have bad teeth when the teeth were healthy, but just out
of order due to the accident. I could not afford to have them straight
so I chose to let them die. At 52 I have done a lot of things to my
teeth.

I have taken a pocket knife to my teeth and dug out root portions with a
lot of Whiskey in my body. You can get drunk and do what you are asking
and you will not bleed to death. You will feel a little pain next
morning, but it will go away quick. The pain you will feel is not having
a tooth, not from an open sore. You will probably feel better.

It will be up to you - it will hurt - even with whiskey, but you will not
die.\\\


cya