Monday I went to see Dr. F. All he did was make a minor adjustment to my bottom braces, the pain is starting to subside now.
He did also discuss with me what Dr. S had proposed about moving my tooth, some sort of displacement procedure thing. He made it sound a lot more complicated then Dr. S did. Something about an incision and putting in a small metal thing. Umm, ok. But, Dr. F is not convinced this is the best course of action (not sure what he thinks should be done). Dr. F thinks the bigger problem is a lack of blood vessels in the area of the cleft, which is causing all my problems.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Moving my newly cleaned teeth
I saw my surgeon last week and went for a cleaning this week, just to round out the excitement, I have the orthodontist next week.
Dr. S's next plan is to move one of my teeth. It is the tooth next to the gap in my mouth, he wants to move it forward to help close up the gums. By moving it (using the braces), the gums (which haven't closed up right with my last 2 surgeries) should close up better. I can't wait, I love moving teeth!
The other thing he said is that it looks like I will lose my front tooth, he said the bone just isn't there and he thinks it's part of the reason that the gums aren't closing up right. It doesn't sound like something they're doing for a little while. My dentist, LF, also agreed that the tooth didn't have good bone structure and it's not in good shape internally anyway. But LF is as always, excited about my progress. She however was not too excited that I have been using perodex since my surgery, it's been staining my teeth and I will agree they were looking pretty gross.
Dr. S's next plan is to move one of my teeth. It is the tooth next to the gap in my mouth, he wants to move it forward to help close up the gums. By moving it (using the braces), the gums (which haven't closed up right with my last 2 surgeries) should close up better. I can't wait, I love moving teeth!
The other thing he said is that it looks like I will lose my front tooth, he said the bone just isn't there and he thinks it's part of the reason that the gums aren't closing up right. It doesn't sound like something they're doing for a little while. My dentist, LF, also agreed that the tooth didn't have good bone structure and it's not in good shape internally anyway. But LF is as always, excited about my progress. She however was not too excited that I have been using perodex since my surgery, it's been staining my teeth and I will agree they were looking pretty gross.
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