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Gum Graft
I'm having a soft-tissue gum graft Thursday on my lower gums. Have any of yall ever had this done. How badly will it hurt, how long should I wait until I should try to eat, can I talk since I'll have stitches in? Please don't say " Go ask your dentist" I asked him and he told me not to be worried. Thats all he said. Thanks guys =]
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well leagely your dentist has to supply you on the day of the surgery a after care plan that will answer all of those questions for you. one good word of advice though if you smoke dont do it while you are healing, it will slow down the process.
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Don't worry!I have had this done and that was ok...It was not at all painful.Ok, To be honest only a little bit.Do not eat for four five hours. And of course you can talk!I could!So, i guess your dentist was right!No need to fear!!!
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I might have to have this process done in the future, and I have had other oral surgeries... My father-in-law had it done a few years ago... thankfully the process is better now than it was then.
Not to scare you, but he was in a lot of pain.
However, he got ALL his gums realigned... the process he went through is probably very different than what you're going to have done. His didn't include as much grafting, but did include lots of incisions - and the grafts that he did have were taken from the roof of his mouth, which caused yet another large incision. I doubt they will do this for you.
I suspect you'll be in some pain, but it should be very managable. You'll probably have the desire to take a nap after the procedure. As far as eating goes... that will be up to the orders your dentist gives - and those orders will be based on healing and how you feel. You don't want to do anything to get an infection or aggrivate the incisions - likewise, you don't want to starve. It'll likely be a judgement call, but definitely take heed what your dentist feels is reasonable.
You'll be able to talk, but it might be uncomfortable at first.
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