Coumadin and Dentistry
I have read several members saying they take Coumadin (Warfarin) so I thought I would relay a recent dental excursion for a simple extraction.
Molar broke exposing a nerve I guess, hurt quite a bit, this on a FRiday evening. I called the VA Telenurse to get advise about stopping the Coumadin until the tooth was pulled. 3 days of not taking it and I should be fine, so I made my appt accordingly.
Just a small side note, my regular dentist had retired so I googled for a clinic near me and low and behold there was one that claimed "Painless Dentistry". Sounded like my kind of Dentist. His ad lied.
He did compliment me on how well my root to this tooth had attached itself to another bone as he he sawed and cut. And drilled. He was standing on a little stepstool to get better leverage and after an hour the last remnant Popped (literally) and he said he was done. Neither he nor his asst. could understand me due to the suction thing in my mouth and more Novacaine than I have ever had. It's good they couldn't.
Now the Coumadin. It took three days for the bleeding to stop. My pillow cases look like I had some kind of ritual on them. At least I know it works. Just be prepared to bleed a little extra before things get back to normal.
And don't trust the Painless Dentists.
Molar broke exposing a nerve I guess, hurt quite a bit, this on a FRiday evening. I called the VA Telenurse to get advise about stopping the Coumadin until the tooth was pulled. 3 days of not taking it and I should be fine, so I made my appt accordingly.
Just a small side note, my regular dentist had retired so I googled for a clinic near me and low and behold there was one that claimed "Painless Dentistry". Sounded like my kind of Dentist. His ad lied.
He did compliment me on how well my root to this tooth had attached itself to another bone as he he sawed and cut. And drilled. He was standing on a little stepstool to get better leverage and after an hour the last remnant Popped (literally) and he said he was done. Neither he nor his asst. could understand me due to the suction thing in my mouth and more Novacaine than I have ever had. It's good they couldn't.
Now the Coumadin. It took three days for the bleeding to stop. My pillow cases look like I had some kind of ritual on them. At least I know it works. Just be prepared to bleed a little extra before things get back to normal.
And don't trust the Painless Dentists.
