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#26 2008-12-24 5:48 pm
Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
geekette28 wrote:
My dentist told me to drink tea because the tannins help stop the bleeding. I've never heard that anywhere - has anyone here ever heard that from their dentist?
Not from a dentist, but my general outdoorsy knowledge includes a good remedy for toothache while out on the trail is to suck on a teabag cause the tannins in the tea helps. Not sure where I picked up that big of information now that I think of it. Hell, I don't even know what tannins are. 
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#27 2008-12-24 5:50 pm
Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
geekette28 wrote:
My dentist told me to drink tea because the tannins help stop the bleeding. I've never heard that anywhere - has anyone here ever heard that from their dentist?
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#28 2008-12-24 9:03 pm
- kamizuno
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Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
Ouch, Dental work just before Christmas, hope you are able to enjoy christmas dinner 
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#29 2008-12-24 9:43 pm
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Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
I had three of the four wisdom teeth pulled in one shot. The fourth is actually laying horizontally along my jaw-line. Very odd in the x-ray - it's like it fell over. Since it hasn't emerged, and doesn't show any signs of emerging, the dentist thought it best to leave it alone.
I finished off a bottle of the good stuff, and switched to Alleve for a few days. Thankfully, the worst of the bleeding was over in a couple of days.
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#30 2008-12-24 10:12 pm
Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
Aqua Man wrote:
geekette28 wrote:
My dentist told me to drink tea because the tannins help stop the bleeding. I've never heard that anywhere - has anyone here ever heard that from their dentist?
My dentist did, even suggested gently biting down on a tea bag.
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#31 2008-12-24 11:17 pm
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Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
I've also been told that sipping on green tea with honey in it can help heal the 'sockets' faster as well. I brewed about three pots a day, and while I don't have a reference, the wounds did heal nicely.
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#32 2008-12-25 6:23 pm
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Re: Speaking of unplugged - I get my wisdom teeth removed
Yeah, I did the tea bag thing too, there was alot of bleeding at first because all 4 wisdom teeth were parallel with my jaw. Along with vicodin anti imflamitory and antibiotic, I think I'm set. It's still intresting to eat, the smurfing thing started bleeding again at x-mass dinner. Oh, and also, I'm typing this on my new iPod touch 
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