Tooth extraction and Warfarin

[Wightbaby]

Looking for a bit of sympathy as much as anything!

Large filling came out of my tooth (a top back molar), a few weeks ago and the dentist said the tooth had split and extracted it on the spot......this was 10 a.m. today. Told me to come home and rest, keep BP down and feet up!!

1.30 Mouth getting very sore now, so need to take pain killers and am desperate to eat or drink but when i had a tooth out before. I had a cup of tea and socket started bleeding and wouldn't stop...blood clots etc., very scary......and I had to go back and have it stitched.....next day INR's were 3.6, so that was probably why!!

Yesterday, INR's were 2.8....so I am praying same thing won't happen.

Anyone out there on this beautiful sunny day...when I would rather be gardening??!

[Wightbaby]

Sorry...they were 3.3 last time, not 3.6....

[BobD Volunteer]

Lucky you. cold and windy down yere.

Sorry about your tooth. Know the problem though I am running out.

[Wightbaby in reply to BobD]

Is that the West Country, Bob? Heading your way on Friday and will bring the sunshine!

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Wightbaby]

Yep. Barnstaple, North Devon where the weather arrives in UK . I'm at Castle Combe , Wiltshire on Saturday but if you are going to be in our area any other time PM me and I'll buy you a coffee or better still a cream tea. Weather for weekend is good I see.

[Wightbaby in reply to BobD]

WELL! We are staying at a farm cottage in Fremington!! What a coincidence is that??!! Hoping to cycle part of the Tarka Trail.....I will look at ou!r itinerary.....can't do cream teas though.........high cholesterol!! Have to be a skinny latte....ha ha!!

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Wightbaby]

Fremington Key Cafe is where Sam and I have lunch every Thursday. Great home made soup and the best coffee in North Devon. Paul and Charlotte who run it are a great couple. I can meet you there any day. I will pm you my phone number.

[Hidden]

One of my teeth is playing up, and I'm dreading going to see the dentist - sorry you've had to have your tooth out! I hope it's being kind and not bleeding - 2.8 should be good...

[Wightbaby in reply to Hidden]

So far so good....its nearly 5 pm.....

[jeanjeannie50]

Beautiful sunny day!! Wind and drizzle here!

I had a back tooth out one morning last year. I fussed about it afterwards, as I always do. It was still seeping blood in the afternoon and I went back to my dentist. He just gave me more padded lint strips to bite on and by evening I was fine. You'll be fine too and looking back on this episode tomorrow.

By the way, I wasn't told to rest afterwards.

Have a cold drink and try and slurp it down on the opposite side.

Best wishes

Jean

[Wightbaby in reply to jeanjeannie50]

yes...been sipping cold water and had cold porridge for lunch!!

[Hidden]

Poor you! Just come in from gardening...pleased with what I have done . Yes very sunny and warm. First day I have felt like doing anything after my Bisoprolol overdose and DCCV on Thursday.

I would suggest that you have warm drinks only and through a straw. Good idea to rest up a bit as well. I was advised this after extraction. Spend some time in the sun tomorrow to make up for today. Be kind to yourself and take a painkiller!

Sandra

[Wightbaby in reply to Hidden]

Thanks...all replies on here so far, feel like responses from old friends......it's really nice!!

[Hidden]

Wightbaby,

If you turned left after finishing with BobD, travelled down the Atlantic Highway to Wadebridge and onto St. Ives I'd buy you a Cornish Cream tea, made slightly differently to how they do it in Devon, slightly better actually 😂😂😂

Do hope you are healing OK now. Onward and upward

John

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hidden]

Jam first!!!! Hee, hee. x

[Hidden in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Nooooo dear nooooo! Cream on top, please, please 😂😂😂😂😂

[dartmoorlass in reply to Hidden]

Ohhhhhhh...John ..... you're courting trouble from this yere maid in Devon!! "Slightly better" ...tut tut ....as good as .........maybe ............but we'll both agree, particularly as my paternal ancestry is resting in St. Just-in-Roseland churchyard, whether tis Cornish or Devon, tis bootiful!

[Hidden in reply to dartmoorlass]

Aaaaaah, dartmoorlass, best we agree that Devon or Cornish, cream teas are essential, and compulsory eating 😂😂

I used to drive the bus route from Truro to St. Mawes years ago and remember St. Just very well. My favourite part of the trip was around Portscatho.

As a kid, parents used to take us to Beer, South Devon and one of the items on my bucket list is to go out to Lundy from Hartland Point ( I think).

John

[10gingercats]

So sorry to hear about the tooth.....and SO jealous at all those offers of delicious cream teas!!

[Wightbaby in reply to 10gingercats]

Thanks.....when are you coming to the Isle of Wight again?

[10gingercats in reply to Wightbaby]

I will write a PM very soon but it is not not looking likely for a while.

[10gingercats in reply to Wightbaby]

wrote you a long e mail this a.m. .....as a PM and I have a feeling it may have 'disappeared'....and I did not save it!

[Wightbaby in reply to 10gingercats]

I received it and will try and reply tomorrow..but busy packing for our little break!!

[Spiritji]

Well eventually the body will heal but sounds like quite the ordeal......so time to rest and take it easy......read garden books rather than plow.........a great alternative to the painkillers (they like to give out so freely) is tylenol arthritis I have a fracture and did not want to take vicadon and they recommended this and it works great for pain

[Wightbaby in reply to Spiritji]

Is this UK Spiritji?? Not heard of it......?

[opal11uk]

Ouch, very painful and not nice, hate dentists grrrrrr ... If your thirsty drink something nice and cold especially on a hot date and if you want to eat then eat on the other side and anything soft. Incidentally I go today but for fillings and not looking forward to it.

[Dr_G1998]

Oh....eating and drinking is fine. Just not that side for 2 days.

[Dr_G1998]

Hi Wightbaby!!

An INR of between 2-3 Is fine for extractions, in fact the guidance tells us that we can extract with INR below 4.

Personally I always stitch sockets when I remove a tooth and the patient is on anticoagulant, especially aspirin strangely enough.

Keep off the area for 2 days, no cleaning or eating over that spot, and take painkillers as you need them. It should start to settle within 2-3 days if not you may have an infection. Thankfully that is unlikely when it's been bleeding 😉

Pressure for 5 mins should stop most bleeding.

Hope that helps

Stuart

Dentist in perpetual AF 😁

[pxinaz]

Is it better now? I had my first extraction last week (other than wisdom teeth many years back) and only bled a bit as I stopped my Eliquis 4 days ahead. It’s healing well and is tender but bearable.

We don’t have the joy of cream teas in Arizona but I managed this with lots of iced green tea. My dentist said absolutely no straws for a week as the suction could create a dry socket. I am a bit disobedient on that.

Have resumed Eliquis now with no bad moments. I’ve been in normal sinus since my ablation last June.

[Wightbaby in reply to pxinaz]

That's interesting, pxinaz....by the way it is much better by the way, and did not bleed profusely ,like the one last year!!......I though you couldn't drink Green Tea when you are on Warfarin........???

[pxinaz in reply to Wightbaby]

Oh dear, I hope not. I’m not on Warfarin, though. I’m taking Eliquis instead, at least for now. I’ve been on it for almost two years total, but my insurance just changed and so when my current Supply is depleted I will have to switch or stop thinners completely.

Green tea is my greatest joy in my daily routine, beyond my Maine Coon cats, of course.

[Jlaine in reply to pxinaz]

I have read no green tea with plavex and possibly allblood thinners! Google this just to be safe!!

[Nemmie]

Hi. Sorry you are having problems. I too am on warfarin for afib and had tooth extracted 48 hours ago. My dentist had my INR checked right before extraction. It was 2.1. He told me if it was higher than 2.5 he would have to wait until it was lower. I saw my primary doctor who adjusted my warfarin dosage pre surgery. I am taking tramadol for pain, using cold pads and heat to help with pain and swelling, eating soft foods like soup and yogurt. So far, that all seems to be working. The key factor is to monitor INR and keep it below 2.5. And hang in there and take it easy for a few days. Your garden will still be there and hopefully your pain won't.

[Wightbaby in reply to Nemmie]

Hope you are feeling better...yours sounded a lot worse than mine!

[Donnyduds52]

Please don’t drink with a Straw after tooth extraction, it can cause the clot to dislodge and the pain from a dry socket is excruciating.