Hi

I was sleeved 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I have got a dentist appointment in 2 days time for a quite deep filling which requires an injection to numb the gum. I was wondering if I would be ok to go, or if I should put it off. I know I probably wont get any infections but I am just worried incase anything could happen to cause me problems. I am still on a full liquid diet for the next 2 weeks. What would you do?? :-S

I would ask your surgeon to tell you what to do.

Yes, ask your bariatrician or surgeon. A cavity is an infection that can easily travel to your newly operated sleeve. I'm surprised you weren't required to fix the cavity before surgery. I had to get $2000 of dental work done before surgery, which prolonged my waiting period to 10 months.

I'm 4 months post-op and I just had two dental procedures recently. Can you take pills? If you can, start taking antibiotics before your procedure to catch it beforehand. I was more concerned about not being able to eat so I drank Protein shots so I could at least get my protein in for the day.

Thanks everyone. No i didnt have to have even a dental check before surgery! My appointment is to get a crack in an old filling fixed so they need to take out all of whats in place there now and replace it. So its not a new cavity as such. Im only allowed liquid medication so would be unable to take anything unless they could give it to me in liquid form. Its just my luck for what seems like a straightforward appointment to turn into something that goes wrong! I just dont want to risk any infection. I will ring the hospital tomorrow and see what they suggest. Im still a little bruised on my left side too so this may a problem to me when my body tenses up scared stiff when I hear the dentist drill ????. Haha.

I did it without a second thought. I had the time off so I went and got fillings like a week after surgery. Probably should have asked but I survived it and never had a problem.