Dental Drama
No, not really. Just got back from the periodontist (looking for one in Coral Springs? Check out Dr. Richard Morrow @ 954-345-4748. No I don’t get paid for that, he was just awesome.) and while overall my gums are healthy enough, the area in front of my bottom front teeth is thin. I’m looking at a soft tissue transplant to build it up a few millimeters so I can get braces. While he’s in there, I’ll be the proud recipient of a frenulectomy (sp?) so my lip doesn’t wear my gums down over the next 50-some years. Yay! They are cutting me a break because I don’t have insurance (just about cutting it in half, in fact) but it’s still a good chunk of change. I’m waiting on a call back so I can set up that appointment. I am hoping for next Monday so it’s just over and done with. He said it would be about a week of bland, mushy food and minimal teeth brushing (with lots of rinsing) and then 4 – 6 weeks of additional healing.
Then I have to go back to the general dentist for one filling and one spackle-ing. Not too pricey but pricey enough. Then another cleaning in four weeks… this never ends. I am hoping it ends soon! There goes my new computer :(