# Gum Infection. Ouch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404 "2015-04-24T00:11:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/1 "2015-04-24T00:11:14Z")

</div>

Last Friday, I had dental work done.  
A small bit of damage was done to my gums by a dental wedge.

Today, it is infected, & hurts like dilly-o.

I am now on penicillin & codeine tablets.

I can’t drive. Or follow the plot in the book I’m reading (Huckleberry Finn). Codeine being bad for clear thought.

Nuts.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/2 "2015-04-24T03:58:03Z")

</div>

Oh, sorry to hear it. Codeine is nice though. I had an ear infection for about a month before they finally gave me codeine and after that I didn’t care much at all!

I hope it gets better soon!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/3 "2015-04-25T21:46:49Z")

</div>

Turns out a small chip of tooth, from the drilling, was wedged behind my gum.  
I’m healing fast, now.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/4 "2015-04-25T21:52:46Z")

</div>

Ouch ☹ Glad they got the chip out.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/5 "2015-04-25T22:41:14Z")

</div>

> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#):
>
> Ouch ☹ Glad they got the chip out.

They didn’t.

I did.  
Floss tape works better than plain string floss, BTW.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-infection-ouch/718404/6 "2015-04-26T15:31:29Z")

</div>

Good to hear you got it solved.

Ref this:

> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
>
> … Or follow the plot in the book I’m reading (Huckleberry Finn). …

The good news is you can make one page last a long time as you read and re-read, forgetting each time that you just read it. 🙂