The guy that sits in the cube next to me here at work’s daughter grew up with this gal. They were on the swimming team together.
Very sad.
Heart wrenching for her family I am sure. Prayers up for them in grieving for their loss.
Just because the odds are in your favor does not mean certainty. No matter what, young people will die from the most prosaic causes. A baseball player will die from a baseball hit to an unprotected chest or a runner from an undetected heart problem. Just this week, 2 kids playing on an ocean beach almost lost their lives to shark attack but for good immediate emergency care. Sad but the truth.
A week later?
Unless an infection or some similar problem developed at the extraction point, the extraction doesn’t seem like it was necesarily the cause.
Tragic and sad. Maybe the sedatives triggered something? I had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted when I was 14 and asked that they put me under twilight sleep instead of general anesthesia. I understand that both carry risks, though the former has less.
I had 13 extractions during one session in the dentist’s chair. I opted for local anesthetic.
This happened to our class Valedictorian, shortly after High School graduation (‘82). He was such a nice guy and I assume would have had great success in whatever he did. Same doctor pulled my wisdom teeth.
My son is having the same surgery in a few weeks.
Around two months ago, I had two broken teeth extracted. It was a pretty rough time and the dentist kept telling me that everything was going fine.
After he finally got them out, he admitted that they were really tough. He gave me a prescription for an antibiotic but after about a week I was still pretty sick so went to my Dr.
He gave me a bunch of shots including what turned out to be penicillin and a new prescription for a stronger anti-biotic. I finally got over it but your teeth can cause serious problems. I still have to go back to the dentist but am waiting until I feel like it.
Even simple outpatient procedures carry an inherent risk to include death.
Very sad when the normally high odds against risk go against someone.
a kid died in here a couple of years ago after tooth extraction.
Wisdom teeth extraction is a common “get extra income” for dentist.
They want to jerk them out before they are causing a problem.
This is just my opinion.
Dentists are for treating cavities and teeth cleanings, anything beyond that such as an extraction should be performed by an oral surgeon.
Any surgery has the potential for an undesirable outcome. Most survive surgery but there is the small percentage that don’t and we hear about them. Nothing is guaranteed safe and sure.
Was in the Navy....I couldn’t go to sea on my submarine with my wisdom teeth...Navy dentist (a trainee) pulled all four in one shot....excruciating experience.
BTW...sub sailors can’t got to sea with wisdom teeth, because an impacted wisdom tooth can become a serious medical issue and can incapacitate a person, and a submarine is not equipped to deal with such medical issues.
Same reason a pregnant woman can’t be at sea on a boat...
I contracted ANUG when my right side was taken out by a US Navy dentist in 1990.
Infections occur, especially when the skin is pierced.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_necrotizing_ulcerative_gingivitis
I was thinking a staff infection, but it looks like a reaction to the anesthesia. Sad story.
He then proceeded to literally climb on my chest to use plyers and hammers and chisels and saws to break apart my wisdom teeth. After a number of stitches, he sent me on to my next class, with a mouth full of gauze to absorb the blood. I spent a week in pure agony, but survived. I'll take a local any day, over dying from anesthetic errors.