(I had all 4 wisdom teeth, and a root canal tooth taken out 6 days ago, they used dis-solvable stitches to suture it all up, on my root canal tooth, one of the stitches fell out, is that normal? there is still another one attached to my outside gum, but i just want to be sure its normal because id rather not go through the pain again, its not hurting or bleeding at all, but im freaked out that the hole is gonna open again or something because it fell out…..)
Answer:
Yes since they are dissolvable sutures that is perfectly normal. Over the 6 days your body begins to break down the sutures and will fall out one by one because they are no longer needed because your body has rebuilt the lower levels of the tissues so it should not spread apart (Re-open the hole). Also since there are others the chances of it re-opening are slim.
Sutures are usually only kept in place for 7 days. So one day early should not be an issue. This is the right time for them to be falling out.
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