Gum flap surgery- session 1

Splint fixing

I did fixed retainers/ splint thereon my bottom mid 4 incisors last Wednesday at my dentist's clinic, Now i don't need to use bottom retainers since they are transformed as fixed hehe... but i missed the lower one without that somewhere there is a definition missing so i worn bottom one too but i was strictly reminded not to use after gum flap... 

Day before that, did some research on internet. Gum surgery poped up some results about gum grafting surgery and I read up on how different people's gum grafting experiences went and thoroughly scared myself. I even watched a Youtube video of an entire gum graft surgery. The donor tissue stuff was completley unknown to me cuz they didnt mention even a single word about it. I talked about this with my dentist and my instant reaction was that I didn't like the idea of having grafted the roof of my jaw with sharpened scalpel and making a channel of blood then the tissue be taken mercilessly and stitched to the lower part where the surgery going on. dentist said that a graft is an old idea and now the flap surgery is popular and they are planning to do periodontal flap surgery not graft surgery and they are inserting a bone powder not donor tissue inside which i dont even feel like something has done... its a minute kinda powder.... and later i found the bone powder is actually made from cadavers not artificial one(My dentist says there is so many substitute composites are there nowadays and not depending on corpses actually). and he added a balance has to be struck between educating yourself online (good) and scaring yourself half to death (bad).

My recommendation Don't watch the video if u are soo much worried of surgery and the procedures. if ur light hearted or sensitive you'll scare yourself silly and you might throw up a little. Else please do a research before getting ready for a surgery clarify your doubts with your doctor, you have the right to know what are they actually planning to do on your body... But not being a medico don't expect to digest all things but you will definitely understand the framework. The read-up on experiences are helpful, but ignore the horror stories. Most of them are outdated so the bad news won't apply to you. Look for the positive reports. Most people don't write about the smooth operations, but they are the more likely scenario. The same was true when I researched orthognathic surgery and nose, and mine went fine. It seems that few patients are motivated to write about their experience when the message is, "No problems, mate."

I clarified my doubts when i saw my dentist to fix splints. He opened a youtube video on his laptop, it was the actual surgery i mean gum flap surgery in detail and described all procedures.


Flap surgery- session 1

i reached along with my parents on time. Actually the date they shifted from 2 to 7th since there was a national strike announced on 2nd.

Dr Arunima welcomed me with her lovely smile and remembered me she's going to do right lower part today where i have lesser no of teeth(1 molar i extracted from there long ago) cuz Ganeshotsavam going on there so we need to finish it early before road get block. I sat in the dentist chair and gave my specs to the nurse(Rohini) to keep then they covered me with a protective bib The periodontist gave me the run down of what was going to happen and what I needed to know. then she took two big Q-tips and swabbed the areas that she was going to work on with numbing agent. i felt the needle going in even if there is no pain.

The periodontist and the nurse kept a conversation about random topics going and i felt sleepy i winked my eyes for sometime and im sure i dozed off keeping the mouth open. i came back to conscious when periodontist asked me to turn my face a bit for stitching. I was surprised when I saw a thread being pulled from my mouth. I didn't realize that the procedure was almost done and she was already sewing my gum. I found the long, black thread to be fascinating. It is not the dissolving kind so I need to go back for the stitches to be removed. and they finished off everything by covering the area with a gum plaster 

Do's

• Saline water wash 3 times.
• Use mouth wash 2 times.
• Be normal don't act like a big thing happened.
• Do your usual routines. work/study everything.
• Keep and take ice pack on ur cheek.

Don't Do's

• Brushing is restricted to that affected area
• Don't gargle just spit 
• Don't bite or chew using that area
• Don't talk much

I was given some medicines too

• Novamox LB 3 times a day
• ketorol 2 times a day
• imole plus 1 time
• chymoral forte 2 tab perday 

and some vitamin caps too

I reached home around 5 in the evening had a quick shower and saw movie the blood father on my laps. i received some messages from my periodontist asking how i feel now. had a liquid diet and I slept on my back just not to hit my face on pillow.