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Do impacted wisdom teeth have any connection to PVCs?

Asked by chelle21689 (7907points) April 24th, 2016 from iPhone

I’ve had PVCs for several years. My heart would skip a beat several times a minute every day and all day…literally non-stop. I could feel it every second and it was annoying. It’s the reason why I avoided having my wisdom teeth out.

Well, on Thursday I had my wisdom teeth extracted. They were horizontally impacted. I noticed I have not had a skipped best since Thursday….so far, so good. I’ve never been more than a minute or two without a skipped beat! I know one of my tooth was close to a nerve, does that have anything to do with my heart beats at all? I’m really fascinated and I can’t find any information online.

I know that wisdom teeth do have a connection to migraines and sinuses though.

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marinelife's avatar

I don’t think that there is any connection at all. I am glad things ae going well for you though.

Espiritus_Corvus's avatar

Yes. There could, in all probability, be a relationship between your oral health an you throwing PVCs for the years you’ve had impacted wisdom teeth.

Over the past ten years, a body of evidence has accumulated to suggest that aspects of oral
health, particularly the extent and severity of periodontal disease, may be associated with an
increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Here is a full page of legitimate studies from renowned institutions concerning the relationship between oral health and cardiovascular disease.

Years ago, if you went to a physician for suspected heart disease, the last thing they would have thought to do was refer you to a gum specialist. These days, however, things have changed, as science continues to shed light on the connection between these two seemingly disconnected regions of the body.

The same goes for pregnancy, diabetes, and a number of other conditions.

In the past five years alone, interest in possible links between mouth/tooth health and body health has skyrocketed. Truth is, your oral health is far more important than you might have realized, and doctors are becoming increasingly aware of the connection between the body and the mouth, teeth, and gums.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

Oral and heart health are connected and like @Espiritus_Corvus mentioned the evidence is mounting. My dentist will go into full on rant mode about it. My chihuahua had a heart murmur that disappeared after having a couple of bad teeth extracted. Could be coincidence but I’m not leaning that way.

JLeslie's avatar

I doubt it. I’m not a doctor or researcher though. Your problem was/is electrical. It seems to me the connection between oral health and heart disease is more about inflammation and bacteria that affects the arteries and possibly the heart muscle itself.

I’ve always been suspicious that the oral health and heart disease connection is just a simple correlation rather than an actual causation.

I do think anything is possibly though. You make an interesting point about the teeth affecting the nerves.

I hope your arrhythmia is cured! Possibly, the anesthesia changed something if you were drugged up.

chelle21689's avatar

Hmm..it’s still really early to tell but I guess another possible explanation could be change in diet since I’ve been eating less and careful about what I’m chewing.

JLeslie's avatar

So, it’s still good? The skipped beat didn’t return?

I have a friend who had two surgeries, and after each one she developed a heart problem. The first time they were able to burn part of the heart muscle and fix it. The second time they couldn’t so anything, except she takes some medicine that doesn’t work well.

The doctors say it wasn’t the surgeries. I say bullshit! It happened twice. Literally, healthy going in, and then after couldn’t leave the hospital for over week until semi-stabilized. Then weeks after the first one having to have the heart surgery to correct it. The second time she had to go on disability.

The surgeries were a hysterectomy and knee replacement.

chelle21689's avatar

Unfortunately it didn’t last long, I am thinking it probably has to do with diet or the drugs I’ve been on. I’m disappointed, thought I was cured. I returned to my completely normal diet and it’s still there. At the time when I was on rice porridge, soup, chilli, and maybe a solid food with little to eat seems to be when I had no beats. It’s still pretty low though.

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