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.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Ouch!
After my last appointment with Dr. F my braces were torturing me. The way he attached my rogue tooth to the wires were really cutting into my gums quite badly. I had 3 teeth constantly covered in wax. So back I went to see Dr. F. I gave it a few days so that my tooth could move back into place, which I figured would make it easier to put on the wire. After a bit of wire clipping and tugging, the tooth was reattached to my wire and I was not in pain! Oh, happy day!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Bracket
The last time I saw Dr. F he noticed that one of my brackets was loose on my tooth. But because of the surgery he was not able to fix it. It happens to be the tooth next to my gap (not the middle tooth). Well the bracket has separated from the tooth. You wouldn't notice unless you were actually checking the tooth. I just hope the tooth doesn't move backwards - both literally and figuratively.
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Christmas Miracle
I might be being overly dramatic, but I did have a good visit to Dr. S this week.
He said he likes the development of the bone, YEA!
He doesn't want to touch anything in my mouth for a while, but he wants to see me in early February and then he'll take a better look at the work he needs to do on the soft tissue, basically not all of the closure closed up right, it's better then after the last surgery, but needs more work.
Also, he's still not sure about my middle tooth next to the bone graft. I may still lose that since he's thinking it might be part of the reason for the problems in the area.
Did I mention the bone was developing?
He said he likes the development of the bone, YEA!
He doesn't want to touch anything in my mouth for a while, but he wants to see me in early February and then he'll take a better look at the work he needs to do on the soft tissue, basically not all of the closure closed up right, it's better then after the last surgery, but needs more work.
Also, he's still not sure about my middle tooth next to the bone graft. I may still lose that since he's thinking it might be part of the reason for the problems in the area.
Did I mention the bone was developing?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Orthodontist
I hope you haven't waited too long for this...
So on Monday Dr. F put my teeth back in. They had a tough time getting the wire back in. My teeth narrowed in a bit since I didn't have a wire in for a month. Dr. F put in a new wire that would help pull my teeth back out again. I hope it works or I'm going to end up with 2 really skinny implants when this is all over.
But he told me to be careful eating since I'm not totally healed up. I did enquire about my overdue dental cleaning, that will have to wait at least 2 months. He did laugh at my question, which I did preface with, "I know I can't do it for a while," which was a little annoying.
So on Monday Dr. F put my teeth back in. They had a tough time getting the wire back in. My teeth narrowed in a bit since I didn't have a wire in for a month. Dr. F put in a new wire that would help pull my teeth back out again. I hope it works or I'm going to end up with 2 really skinny implants when this is all over.
But he told me to be careful eating since I'm not totally healed up. I did enquire about my overdue dental cleaning, that will have to wait at least 2 months. He did laugh at my question, which I did preface with, "I know I can't do it for a while," which was a little annoying.
Monday, December 6, 2010
I think we have some bone!
I saw Dr. S today and the bone graft is looking good. YEA!
I do need a little work on the soft tissue, which I had figured out already. But that will just involve some Novocain in the office. That will be some time after Christmas.
He took out some of the loose stitches, which was nice since they area annoying, but it hurt A LOT. I felt like he was just poking me with sharp objects. But now I can feel the roof of my mouth much better.
Also, I can eat regular food again. I had pot roast for dinner!
I also saw Dr. F, but you'll have to read about that later in the week.
I do need a little work on the soft tissue, which I had figured out already. But that will just involve some Novocain in the office. That will be some time after Christmas.
He took out some of the loose stitches, which was nice since they area annoying, but it hurt A LOT. I felt like he was just poking me with sharp objects. But now I can feel the roof of my mouth much better.
Also, I can eat regular food again. I had pot roast for dinner!
I also saw Dr. F, but you'll have to read about that later in the week.
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