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.

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?

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.

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.

The good, bad and the slow to post

I saw Dr. S last week, sorry it's taken so long to post.  I keep forgetting when I'm actually at the computer to post about it.  But I'm here now!

So the good news is that I have not lost any bone.  Yea!

The bad news is that he didn't seem to like how part of my gums closed up.  And I still have a small hole into my sinuses.

We're now at the "wait and see" stage.  Oh, I thought I was already at that stage.

I am still on a "very soft" diet, which isn't so great.

I also still have a little bit of pain at times, either that or I'm addicted to tylenol and advil.

1st Doctors Visit

I had my first Doctor's visit today.  I saw an associate of Dr. S.  He didn't do too much, did make me properly brush my teeth though.  Said that things were healing appropriately.  Moved me up to mushy foods - pasta, mashed potatoes, eggs...  Originally I thought I would be much more up on my feet at this point, but I'm not.  It didn't sound like they wanted me to return to work next week like I had originally planned, so I wont be.

I see Dr. S next Monday, I suspect I will learn a lot more then.

I also saw Dr. F, who basically did nothing.  The surgeon doesn't want to have my teeth put in for another 2 weeks until the swelling goes down more.  Dr. F decided not to bother putting the wire back in until then as it's not needed.

It seems like they're taking things very conservatively at this point, which is ok.  I'm not sure if after the bone loss last time they're feeling more conservative or if there were any issues with the surgery where they are feeling a need to be more conservative.  

I will say that today I have had a bit more pain then I have had in the past few days and I'm taking the same amount and types of pain killers.

Oh, and laughing hurts, no more funny sitcoms for a few more days.

Coming along

So I'm coming along, the swelling is down to a point where I don't look grotesque (or did my sister say I looked grotesque?  Ahhh, sisters!)  Well, I don't look that bad, but am still pretty swollen.  I also have some bruising on my neck and throat, but it's light and hard to see.  My mouth still hurts too, but I'm taking mostly just Advil and the Percocet at night to help me sleep.

This morning I woke up with a gross taste in my mouth and it seemed very mucusie mixed in with a bit of dried blood.  There also seemed to be bits of something in there.  I'm hoping it's just some particles from my smoothie last night, but I'll find out more today when I see the surgeon.  But after losing the bone last time I'm a bit nervous about anything that doesn't seem 100% right.