tooth extraction - Health + Injury

paula hall 6

02/04/2012 at 20:43

Hi all

I am having a tooth removed tomorrow

I know I won't be able to run for a couple of days. Am doing vlm 2 weeks on sunday, am worried it won't have healed in time. Any one had a tooth removed 2 and a bit weeks before a marathon. Will I be ok

Thanks Paula

Sussex Runner (NLR)

02/04/2012 at 22:21

I know someone who had a scale and polish and couldn't run for months!! Seriously do we have April Fool's week now or something????

Bear B.Hind

02/04/2012 at 22:24

I've had several extractions and apart from not running immediately afterwards I have never had any problems. If the the site of the extraction is giving you problems after 48 hours or more then you should contact your dentist. Unless there is some huge unforeseen problem the you should be fine for London. Good luck

Sussex Runner (NLR)

02/04/2012 at 22:26

Oh yeah shoot the f**king messenger

Warkie

03/04/2012 at 08:26

You will be fine after 48 hours to run as long as no complications.

Radicchio

03/04/2012 at 19:43

I had a wisdom tooth out a couple of weeks ago. That afternoon, I went on a brisk walk. The next day I ran seven miles. Mind you, it didn't really stop bleeding for four days .

Just saying, you'll be fine.

Tom Goom

03/04/2012 at 19:48

I had 4 wisdom teeth out under a general anaesthetic. My only advice is this, if someone makes you soup to help you recover and forgets to tell you it is spicy parsnip, don't ea it!! Spicy soup plus open wound in the mouth = serious pain!

You'll be fine for the marathon though. I was back to work in 2 days and fine within a week.

paula hall 6

03/04/2012 at 19:50

Well had tooth removed, was a straight forward extraction told not to run for couple of days so should b ok if don't get an infection. It will b nice to have couple of days off actually. So fingers crossed for 22nd April.

thanks for putting my mind at rest.

Sussex Runner (NLR)

04/04/2012 at 08:45

De nada

Radicchio

08/04/2012 at 16:15

Tom Goom wrote (see)

I had 4 wisdom teeth out under a general anaesthetic.

Did you manage to eat solids afterwards?

I found it annoying enough trying to keep crunchy bits away from one side of my mouth. Can't imagine trying to avoid both sides, top and bottom .

Angie Harrison

21/09/2012 at 15:30

So what happened? How did the race go? I'm very curious because I'm in the same boat currently. It's two weeks and a couple days from the Chicago Marathon and I'll have a tooth extracted tomorrow morning. I'm really worried about everything going smoothly. It is an abscessed tooth and I'm on antibiotics.

WiB

21/09/2012 at 15:50

When I was younger I had 4 out and went out and played football in the afternoon. No pain at all but plenty of blood! It was fine by the following day. Could heal a broken leg in 2 weeks, you'll have no issues

Edited: 21/09/2012 at 15:51

Angie Harrison

21/09/2012 at 16:56

Thanks for the boost in confidence...I've had a string of bad luck this month...eye injury, bizarre skin condition, heal pain/ stress fracture pain, so this was I felt the last nail in the coffin. Dentist office is giving me over the top advise on refraining from physical activity...I guess the concern is about the clot mostly.

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