# I can't stop poking my hole (dental issues)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-poking-my-hole-dental-issues/353256>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-poking-my-hole-dental-issues/353256 "2006-04-19T05:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-poking-my-hole-dental-issues/353256/1 "2006-04-19T05:04:00Z")

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WARNING: Possibly TMI or just plain icky.  
Last night, I was eating supper and it felt like I had something stuck between my lower incisors. I went to floss, and a big chunk from the back of my right incisor fell out. There was no pain or blood, but I scheduled an appointment with the family dentist for Thursday to get it looked at.

But in the meantime, I just can’t stop poking the hole where the chunk fell out with my tongue. The hole’s a tad sensitive, but not painful. Am I in danger of causing further damage with my tongue-hole canoodling?

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-poking-my-hole-dental-issues/353256/2 "2006-04-19T13:56:42Z")

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I can so understand what you are going through. I had to have a tooth pulled last week and my tongue will not leave the sutures alone.

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-poking-my-hole-dental-issues/353256/3 "2006-04-19T15:16:06Z")

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Just out from the dentist. I went to have a wisdom tooth with a cavity pulled, but he didn’t want to do that (the previous dentists I saw for this tooth told me I _had_ to have it pulled, but whatever). He put in it some stuff to “kill” the nerve and it hurts… He just told me that’s normal, I just have to wait and he’ll see me on Friday if it’s still an issue.

My apologies to the OP for not being supportive, but I saw this tread as an opportunity to complain too…