Do you get to keep your teeth

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#1 Post by **BeeHappy** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:20 am

I have an extraction next Thursday to start my treatment. Yikes!!

Question

in uk do they let you keep the teeth??

not being gruesome, but after 44 years feel a bit attached to them!

Also planning to get scale and polish while the anaesthetic injection is working. Is this a good idea??

#2 Post by **Lisa65** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:24 am

I'm sure they will let you have your teeth. After all they'd only throw em in the bin otherwise! Take a little jar with you and hand it to the dentist beforehand, just so he doesn't forget.

#3 Post by **Clairey Fairey** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:41 am

Yeah definately mention it before the extraction takes place, because mine was thrown away before I even got to see it

I wanted to keep it aswell!!

Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:30 pm

I kepted my teeth

#5 Post by **joney** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:19 pm

I kept mine but I was too sad to look at them at first, however I found them the other day and had a good look, still a bit sad to have lost them, they were perfect teeth. However my teeth are looking so much better now and I know it was the right thing to do.

#6 Post by **hannah164** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:17 pm

They offered to let me keep my teeth. i had 6 teeth extracted and even the baby teeth had HUGE roots! They're still knd of fun to look at. :]

Good with your extraction! :]

~ Hannah

#7 Post by **BeeHappy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:40 am

Thanks everyone. I thought it was just me!!

At least it will give me something to focus on during the appointment.

#8 Post by **Kerridwen** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:51 am

I had eight teeth removed and I told my dentist I want to keep them (I think I did it after the first yanking, later he always remembered that I wanna take them with me).

Actually, I don't feel attached to them but I think I will have some sort of necklace made of them...just to remind me.
It's quite an ordeal I'm going through now, I just don't wanna forget it. Never.

#9 Post by **Gennel** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:33 am

I had 6 extraction in one day and I forgot to ask to keep them. Also once I was awake ,I was too groggy and just wanted to get out of there.
This time I had 3 extractions,1 incisor and 2 wisdom bottom teeth. I asked before the extraction that I wanted to keep them. I got to take them home in a little ziploc baggy.After 2 days I looked at them. I actually cleaned them too lol.
I dont see why they wouldnt let you keep the teeth. Just ask before you start getting anesthesia.
Good luck on your appt.

Gennel

#10 Post by **jess214** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:34 am

I kept mine!

In fact, I still have my baby teeth from more than 10 years ago. I'm starting to think that it's kinda gross tho (since they fell out naturally, they're kind of "broken").

#11 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:06 pm

I kept my extracted pre-molars and my 1 wisdom tooth. All came out very nicely, root intact. They cleaned my teeth in the sonic cleaner before giving it to my in a plastic baggy saled in a autoclave bag. I always remember to ask them because I always do local instead of General Anes. or Sedation.