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My tongue turned purple after a dental filling
Finally looked in the mirror after getting a filling and saw that my tongue has a purple bruise on the side that the filling was done. Haven’t bit myself! No idea what caused it!
Discussion
did you kiss venom????
Tom Hardy-Venom? Yes.
No. Topher Grace
Yeah me too
19 inches of Ven-
venus?
Fun fact; the first time I saw that movie I thought his love interest was also named “Eddie” for the first half of the movie, because Tom Hardy’s abysmal attempt at yelling “Annie!” in his fake American accent. 😅 For the record, I liked the movie, he’s just got a bit of a marble mouth in this movie.
Wish
Hardy-Venom hehe.
It wasn't just a kiss
You’re partly a Chow Chow from now on
Underrated af
Was gonna say, my sharpei mix’s tongue looks just like this.
I’m a dental assistant with extended functions (I fill fillings after the dentist drills the cavity out!) and sometimes the dentist will ask me to use cavity dye. It’s a liquid I put on the end of a tiny brush and apply it to the small area and rinse off. (If the color doesn’t rinse off that shows there is still decay)There are other ways to dispense this liquid that are harder to control, like in a syringe you squirt directly onto the tooth 😬 if your tongue doesn’t hurt, I would bet that’s what it is! Just a temporary stain. You can ask your dental office if they use caries dye. It’ll wear off on its own!
Okay I think this is the answer! I remember seeing this at the office and the color is already starting to fade on my tongue! No cool tongue tattoo for me!
EFDA!
Actually just saw someone use “EFTA” on a Facebook post, what did they think the “T” was there for
Indeed! Although where I live I’m called an RDAEF2! Registered Dental Assistant in Extended Functions…2! Just rolls right off the tongue.
Most likely bite fit compound.
The sheets they get you to bite bite, grind, bite again to see how the teeth fit have this purple compound.
Most likely some on the side of your tooth rubbed off onto your tongue. That's my guess.
yeah this is what it was when it happened to me
it’s called articulating paper :)
Til! Thank you kind stranger!
It didn't make me any more articulate though. Still no can make good words with face hole.
The purple crayon
Ahh, so that's how they do it. I had no idea the sandpaperish thing has dye on it.
Articulating paper dye rubs off easily when wet, and I've never seen it mark the tongue.
Have you by chance , eaten charcoal?
Nope, don’t remember doing that
Well, there goes my theory
Eating innocent Smurfs
My favorite death metal band 😂
If you have no idea what caused it you should call your dentist about it
At one point during the procedure I heard him say “ope!” and look at the dental assistant so I have a feeling that has something to do with it.
Lol, they probably used the wrong tip and it loosened itself up and poured caries indicator everywhere. It's happened to me before chairside with glycerin. Caries indicator stains everything, you're lucky you don't have blue lips 😂
Omg
Good advice, DJ_Clitoris!
He's great at parties
I think it means you’ve got Chow Chow somewhere in your bloodline
Amalgam Tattoo would be my guess. I have a bit of that along the gumline where I had a crown placed, but this would be a much larger "woops".
And here I thought amalgam was banned. A quick google taught me that the ban is not a global thing.
That’s what a google search led to me as well.
Dentist here, most likely bite paper ink.
I am surprised they didn't talk to you about it right then and there... My Dentist immediately started talking about what had happened, and that I will expect to have a dark mark there permanently but that it is benign. In my case, it's a molar that really won't be visible, in yours that is going to be forever noticeable...
Tongues heal and regenerate like crazy so I wonder if it is permanent or not. I might see if Google has an answer and report back. Lol
Edit: nowhere says that the tongue is any different and it's likely permanent. OP would have to do laser treatments or have it surgically removed. :/
As a person who used to get seizures, I can vouch for that.
Same, but it doesn't sound like amalgum tattoos disappear from tongues even.
Hopefully you're seizure free like I am now. Had about 10 as a kid with epilepsy but it was only seizures from my neck up and I was full conscious but took meds and now they say it's not an issue anymore.
Meh, I’m fine with having a weird tongue tattoo.
I would see if you could have at least some of your fees comped- even if you're fine with it. They didn't even tell you they did that if it is a tattoo.
I'm sick of medical professionals hurting us and not apologizing. I had my femur accidentally broke when I was 12- they were supposed to remove my metal but instead broke the hardest bone in the body to break on a 12 year old child. I wasn't flagged as at risk for bone degeneration so something fucky happened.
Next time ask them to make a cool pattern! Lol
I’d definitely go in or call your dentist and mention this because this is more than just a small oops. This is a big oops.
What modern dentist still uses amalgam?
I did about 20 minutes ago, it depends on the situation.
Genuinely curious about this. In what situations would they be preferable or better to use over a composite?
In areas where it's difficult or impossible to isolate from saliva, or in areas at high risk for recurrent decay. Composites do really well when properly cleaned, but they have a higher risk for decay due to moisture contamination, microgaps from shrinkage, etc. Amalgams are much more resistant to decay, you just have ugly restorations that are prone to fracture teeth decades later (plus, cinnabar mining is environmentally ruinous). Earlier I was placing them in wisdom teeth because the patient didn't want extractions. The plaque was pretty much caked over the decay and the patient was salivating like a fire hydrant, so composites are a no-go. I did place another composite at the same appointment, but it was further towards the front of the mouth.
TIL thanks!
Uh. Mine a couple years back? Why's it so bad?
Amalgam fillings contain mercury, which is toxic under certain conditions. It's fine for use as a filling material, but it's bad for the environment. Eventually it can end up in the environment, like if the dentist doesn't properly dispose of their extra amalgam or if you're cremated after a long and happy life. It has been phased out or banned in a lot of countries, and is being phased out in the US as well.
The primary problem is with cinnabar mining, which is overwhelmingly banned in developed countries because it poisons the land for centuries. I have an amalgam disposal company that I work with, we take great care to prevent contamination, but I can't help that it's mined from developing countries. I occasionally use it when needed, I just hope RMGI's improve before it's banned here.
Oh sweet I'm just casually carrying FUCKING MERCURY around in my mouth for the foreseeable future!! I'm sure it's safe but its no less freaky!! Hopefully it's banned here in the UK too though
It's fine. You have elemental mercury, not methylmercury. The mercury in your mouth doesn't reach your lungs, so you have essentially zero bioconversion to the dangerous form.
I'll be so real I didn't know there was more than one kind of mercury. I wasn't actually worried, just being dramatic, but this is interesting facts! Thanks for explaining it :D
Hey, no problem. If you have regular mercury and attach a carbon molecule to it you get methylmercury (dangerous). A small amount of that happens in the lungs, which is why it's dangerous to huff mercury spills over long periods of time. Saliva prevents dental mercury from reaching the lungs so it's cool. You just swallow it and pee it out within a few days. However, alluvial bacteria are little methylmercury producing machines, which is why it's so dangerous when regular mercury gets into waterways, especially slow-moving ones.
Me either.
Have you recently taken the drug trigger?
/s just in case
Instant villain!
Chow mix?
You got some Chow in you.
Why does this suck? Your tongue is just a little extra colorful for now
Dental assistant here. Looks like “Snoop caries detector”. Purple dye applied into a prep to see if there is any decay left before filling. Will come off on its own.
Disclosing tablet (or at least the same stuff)
This picture will come in handy
Did you steal something recently?
Wow lmao
That looks like a bruise
Looks black to me.
like your tongue decided to dress up for Halloween a bit early
Its because you haven't been flossing.
Trigger drug
Idk seems like a trigger user
I had this on my tongue the other night and I didn't eat anything that was that color. Wired . Maybe my filling did it too
Water pick every day!
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I think that means they peed in the water or something
You probably bit your tongue while still numb and didn't realize would be my guess... 🤷
Maybe you bit it without noticing iwhen your mouth was numb?
That could be a deadly infection.
My credentials: None.
Trigger
Potentially some sort of painkiller that leaked into your tongue? I wouldn’t worry about it, most likely fuck all.
The same thing happened to me. My friend gave me tide pods and everything was ok.....7 months later.
This is completely normal it's tongue puperlatis it will eventually go away you have nothing to worry about
that’s black
Your dentist "examines" your mouth when you're sleep
That's a bruise
Not everyone wants your herpes sick nasty
This should be marked NSFW.
opotentially a burst blood vessel due to the strain from the filling being put in? its maybe something worth checking on.
that being said there were were quite a few incidents during covid where people had something similar happen to them and died of a heart attack a few hours later. so if you had covid recently and if your not american i would hike it to the ER and tell them about your tongue turning black and opt for an ekg/ecg
Dentist here. That’s caries indicator. It’s a dye we use some times to make sure we got all the cavities out. It’ll stain the shit out of soft tissue. That’ll be gone in 12-24 hours.
I was gonna say, it looks like the snitch juice they put on my teeth when I say I’ve been flossing
SNITCH JUICE
Somebody really needs to make a Snitch Juice meme.
I'm definitely renaming it snitch juice!
I'm going to ask for snitch juice when I go in for my cleaning next month.
Say it two more times and a dentist will appear
This is the funniest fucking comment I’ve seen in awhile
Hahah they make it in chewable form for kids. I’ve caught my little liars so many times.
We called it plaque candy!
Lmao
Snitch juice ha!
Snitch juice got me howling. 😂
I cannot wait to go into the office tomorrow and ask our Doctor to "gimme some snitch juice" so I can see what I'm missing when I floss!
The only time my teeth have been flossed in my life was at the dentist office. Is it common for them to use it? I’ve never experienced the snitch juice but the past few times I’ve gone I’ve deliberately said “I know you are going to tell me I need to floss more. I will say that I will floss more, but i’m gonna be honest, I’m not going to floss more.”
FYI, You may regret that decision when you’re old like me.
Yup, especially once you start and realize how much stuff is kicking around between your teeth, you realize you're nose-blind to your stankin'-ass face hole. The whole not getting cavities starting between your teeth is just a bonus, basically.
If you're not a regular flosser, try it sometime and smell the floss afterward. Then tell me you're cool with leaving that nastiness in your mouth.
Also, for the love of God, waterpick or use string floss and use a clean section between each gap. Floss sticks are awesome for some stubborn food stuck in a particular tooth but it's not hygienic to use one on your whole mouth. Just spreading bacteria around.
You’d still be better off using one floss pick for your whole mouth than not flossing at all, so I wouldn’t discourage people from using them. The important thing with brushing and flossing is breaking up the biofilm on your teeth.
My ex husband almost never flossed, and it was SO NOTICEABLE. I finally got him to go to the dentist for a cleaning and WOW did it make a difference. Well, on his teeth at least. Not our marriage.
Floss your teeth, yall.
the rotting food between his teeth feeding all that bacteria, eating away at his enamel and gums 🤢
I’m aware. It’s just such a low priority thing for me to worry about compared to other shit. Every time I’ve gone to the dentists there’s only been little build up and they floss for hardly any time at all.
Never had a cavity, never had braces, teeth has always been nice and straight, teeth were also sealed when I was younger with that cancer film or whatever. No one had ever mentioned my breath, I’ve only gotten compliments of how I smell overall (I do really good with hygiene sans flossing). So rn I’m lucky at 29 I guess.
My dad’s teeth fell apart though, but I’m pretty sure that was from alcohol abuse for decades and smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco. He had those super white veneers or whatever that look unsettling.
A subset of people do naturally have extremely durable, cavity resistant tooth enamel. It can vary how long this superpower lasts, though. Enamel is just enamel, and it will soften and wear down eventually. Out of all the pain and issues that you can develop as you get older, dealing with serious, but preventable, teeth issues can become an absolute nightmare. Those water flossers aren't as good as traditional flossing, but are much better than nothing (and less annoying for people who hate flossing). Might be worth starting there.
Water flossers look absolutely nasty to use considering one of my friends was growing mold in theirs.
You're supposed to clean it regularly, or at the very least don't let stagnant water sit in it.
Suck a little peroxide through it and let it sit overnight every week or two. All clean.
it's string between your teeth my dude. takes 30 seconds.
"yeah i just don't wipe my ass, it's such a low priority. never had skidmarks, never had swamp ass. no one ever mentioned that i smelled like raw dookie shit, i've only ever gotten compliments (I do really good with hygiene sans wiping my ass)."
When ya got no teef at 60 its gonna be a priority then
Wiping my ass is a far higher priority to me lmfao.
Your gums are going to recede, your teeth will decay and become crooked from the lack of gum support, and the gums do not plump up again if they become healthy again.
Keep some floss picks in your car and floss while you're at red lights.
Please please start flossing. At least before bed.
It's cost over 7k and still have more to spend to save my teeth and gums
Floss and brush, you'll regret not taking care of them when you're older.
god, the build up between your teeth must be atrocious. must look like popcorn 🤢
Nope, looks clean and people compliment my teeth and smile.
Not going to last forever like that.
I'm stealing that for work. Thank you for that
What color does it turn cavities?
plaque turns pink/purple, IIRC.
Snitch juice really took my ass out, I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been laughing for like 15 minutes 😂😂😂
In the 80s, dentists used nasty pink chewable tablets to snitch.
Haha that ‘snitch juice’ is actually the dental plaque or biofilm indicator which guides us dentists when we do cleans / guided biofilm therapy, it may look similar in colour to the caries dye/indicator that was mentioned but it’s actually different
Damn 12-24 hours in a mouth? Impressive shit
Probably shorter, but I always go long. Better to have patients think they have super saliva than call me saying “it hasn’t gone away yet.” Haha
This guy dentists
Advantage Arrest!
How do you use it?
Example: I work in a body shop. It's common, especially during the priming phase of the refinishing process, to apply a 'guide coat' to the primer. Basically, the primer is a flat grey, the guide coat is literally just black spray paint that splatters dots all over the primer.
The purpose is so, when you sand the primer down, any remaining black dots on the panel means those are low spots in the primer / panel / body filler and the painter should keep block sanding the area until all the dots are gone. Once there are no dots, you can be fairly confident you have a nice even surface to apply your base and then clear.
Similar to teeth? Keep drilling until the dye is gone, as I assume the dye will fall into the cavity.
Similar. More to do with texture/presence of bacteria. The inside of your tooth is pretty rock hard. But cavities give it the consistency of a firm leather. We remove leather (decay) until we get to hard tooth structure. Our explorer will tink and slide like it’s glass when it’s healthy/hard tooth structure.
The indicator will stain the leather stuff the color of the indicator (red, green and black are most common). That way you can just look in and go “missed a spot.”
Ahh. Awesome. Appreciate it!
No worries. Thanks for taking an interest. It’s a refreshing change from “I hate the dentist.” Haha
Lol, no probs. I've probably had 30+ fillings done over the years now (most being replacements of worn fillings). Never had the dye done before, but I always like know what is going on during procedures.
Every single operation any family member goes through (so far, cancer treatments, back fusions, open heart surgery), I always look up the operations on youtube and watch them so I can understand what is going on.
Good on ya or watching those.
Not a lot of dentist use the indicator. I wouldn’t say it’s a skill thing as much as an ego thing.
I used it fresh out of school because I didn’t have a faculty member to pat me on the back and say “well done champ.” But now, after 13 years, I can just kinda look and feel and know it’s good. That said, I know a guy that’s been doing those for 30 years and EVERY tooth get hit with indicator while he’s working on it.
Makes sense. It's easy for humans to fall into routines, so do the staining long enough, just becomes step number X in your procedure from now on.
Exactly
Not a dentist, but I work in a dental office as the insurance manager. It really is so refreshing to not hear an “I hate you”-adjacent phase in this field😂 Like baby, I hate your insurance too! Anyway please pay your portion and go!
Don't forget to Floss. Use a Waterpik if you have one. I heard they have Amazon deals now :)
-Wife is a DH-
What brand y’all working with over there… don’t hold out on us
My dentist was using a standard handpiece for a class V and inflated my whole face. Took like four days to go down… big mad. He couldn’t find the retraction cord afterwards. So I had to go to oral surgeon. He paid for it thankfully. [That is all]
It’s called an air embolism. It’s a very real possibility with class 5 restorations. First time I did it, I found a video from a SUPER FAMOUS dentist named Frank Spear. He literally said “if you haven’t done it yet, just wait.” Honestly, it was just bad luck for both of you.
At least they did you right by paying for it. Solid move. Sadly, some wouldn’t be that helpful.
Wow, thank you for that info. Very interesting stuff. I learned something new, for a change. ;)
Marketing guy here. That’s caries indicator. It’s a dye dentists use sometimes to make sure they got all the cavities out. It’ll stain the shit out of soft tissue. That’ll be gone in 12-24 hours.
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More thank likely not for a couple reasons. We don’t usually use it on adults. Usually used on children or elderly. That’s because it will stain the tooth black permanently. And I doubt the young lady wants to walk around with a black tooth. Also SDF can cause chemical burns too. So she would be talking about more than just some black. Haha.
We also use rubber dams (or are supposed to) when we use SDF to prevent chemical burns.
This guys a fake dentist I’m a real dentist and that’s death sauce. You’re not long for this world make peace with god madam
Docter shit stained her mouth..yuck