Never a dull moment: dental work before surgery

So,
as i said never a dull moment.

my surgery is in mid February. So now i am having tooth ache and this is after 4-5 years after NOT having ANY teeth problems, despite prednisone twice in this period.

So now we are having a date to take out the pesky colon and wham i have tooth ache. A bit dull on wednesday, i go to the dentist on thursday he takes xray and says it looks like filling, maybe root canal. I meet CR surgeon on friday he said NOT to do any dental work. However, the gum under the tooth hurts and i am a quite stressed. I never neglect tooth ache and always go to the dentist when pain starts. I am not sure i can wait a month at least until i am more than two weeks post surgery.

has anyone been in that situation?

i spoke to a friend who is a general surgeon and he said he cant think of any reason why CR surgeon said i cant do dental work.

Any insight will be most appreciated.

thanks.

thanks. my dentist is not sure why my surgeon said no. but he wants me to talk to him first. i dont think i can hold a month with this pain which has increased in the last 48 hours.

As i said, my friend who is a general surgeon (gallbladders, bariatric surgery, apendectomy) wasnt sure why the CR surgeon wants me to hold on the dental work.

I am sending you back thank you vibes (and healing vibes because we all need that) from sunny (kinda...) Florida.

thanks stripey,

gosh, can you believe i have always been diligent about dental work, brushing, everything. i am between my bi yearly cleaning appointments.

i dont know if its only cavity, or root canal. never had root canal so dont know what one feels beforehand. i really cannot delay surgery and dont know if i can delay the dental work until after surgery which means at least a month from now (two weeks until surgery and two weeks post surgery).

i will definitely ask dentist to do bare minimum. if there is anything like that...

thanks guys,

So this morning at 7:30 i got a call from dentist to be there at 8:45. At 8 i called the CR surgeon's office letting them know i have to go to dentist and if there is any antibiotic the surgeon doesnt want me to use. Have not heard from CR yet, i later learned his secretary is off today.
Got to dentist. They were all prepared to drill but first we took another xray and he (dentist) saw there is not problem around nerves. oh, i also did the ice test yesterday (putting ice in my mouth next to hurting area) and since i did not faint, it means its likely not root canal.

He looked in my mouth and said i have a small canker sore there. it wasnt there on thursday when i saw him last. There is a filling that needs to be replaced but he said we can wait on that until after surgery, but not too long.

ok, crisis averted? hopefully.

thanks Larasmom.

So i have been am swishing with salt water (), non-alcohol mouth wash and a mix of benadril and maalox which the dentist recommeded. I figure at least one of those will help.
I was late to work today but had some energy just from the thought that i can avoid dental work for a little while.
thats my story for today and im sticking to it.

Thanks. You too and hope all goes well wit dentist tomorrow