I'm losin' gum.
So said the Periodontist
A big ole' phooey to that!
I recall my mother needing gum surgery.
Didn't pay any attention,
being the narcissistic teenager I was.
Now, here I am,
looking forward to pain and suffering,
but luckily not 'til July.
If you're easily grossed out,
(for instance by a dental hygiene filmstrip
shown in a health ed. class in college,
as happened to a certain young doctor's son
who fainted into a puddle after exiting said class.)
please scroll down immediately to the horse photo.
A horse with his equine periodontist, that is.
Here's the setup:
(feeling squeamish?
this is the time to scroll down to the nice horsey)
Dr. H., periodontist, took a look today.
Dr. C., our beloved dentist sent me.
(not drhendry.ca below,
that guy's worried about tongue piercings.
I'm just using his pilfered image)
See arrow?
...receded gum.
See healthy looking gums and mucosa?
(the pinky gummy/jaw bone part of the gums;
you know, it holds your tooth root in your jaw?)
Well my mucosa doesn't look like that.
Nope, my mucosas are suffering bone loss.
Phooey again!
Details of Procedure:
cut and peel down gums on 6
bottom front teeth in one big strip
cut several deepish and large-ish hunks
outta my soft palate up-top my mouth.
sew 2 strips together
(kinda like sewing a facing for a collar!)
and sew 'em into the low spot.
slap on some thick wound protection
(sounds like Spackle to me)
over all the owchies.
go home w. vicodin for a week,
eating ONLY very soft, lukewarm food.
Back for a checkup,
pay hundreds of $$$$$$$.
Today Dr. H. nicely informed me
of all the risks...
I didn't pay too much attention.
(I learned not to pay attention years ago when somebody
said one risk of wisdom teeth removal was death; sign here.)
So I've got my appointment
and I signed there and I intend to keep the appt.
so I can keep the teeth.
You see, loosing the teeth is even more painful
AND more $$$$$$$$.
(Unless of course you're Uncle Dick in Rhode Island
who ended up with one tooth
and then pulled that one out with pliers
because it was useless without the others.)
So said the Periodontist
A big ole' phooey to that!
I recall my mother needing gum surgery.
Didn't pay any attention,
being the narcissistic teenager I was.
Now, here I am,
looking forward to pain and suffering,
but luckily not 'til July.
If you're easily grossed out,
(for instance by a dental hygiene filmstrip
shown in a health ed. class in college,
as happened to a certain young doctor's son
who fainted into a puddle after exiting said class.)
please scroll down immediately to the horse photo.
A horse with his equine periodontist, that is.
Here's the setup:
(feeling squeamish?
this is the time to scroll down to the nice horsey)
Dr. H., periodontist, took a look today.
Dr. C., our beloved dentist sent me.
(not drhendry.ca below,
that guy's worried about tongue piercings.
I'm just using his pilfered image)
See arrow?
...receded gum.
See healthy looking gums and mucosa?
(the pinky gummy/jaw bone part of the gums;
you know, it holds your tooth root in your jaw?)
Well my mucosa doesn't look like that.
Nope, my mucosas are suffering bone loss.
Phooey again!
Details of Procedure:
cut and peel down gums on 6
bottom front teeth in one big strip
cut several deepish and large-ish hunks
outta my soft palate up-top my mouth.
sew 2 strips together
(kinda like sewing a facing for a collar!)
and sew 'em into the low spot.
slap on some thick wound protection
(sounds like Spackle to me)
over all the owchies.
go home w. vicodin for a week,
eating ONLY very soft, lukewarm food.
Back for a checkup,
pay hundreds of $$$$$$$.
Today Dr. H. nicely informed me
of all the risks...
I didn't pay too much attention.
(I learned not to pay attention years ago when somebody
said one risk of wisdom teeth removal was death; sign here.)
So I've got my appointment
and I signed there and I intend to keep the appt.
so I can keep the teeth.
You see, loosing the teeth is even more painful
AND more $$$$$$$$.
(Unless of course you're Uncle Dick in Rhode Island
who ended up with one tooth
and then pulled that one out with pliers
because it was useless without the others.)
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I'll keep you posted,
and let you know how it goes.
Although, I do expect a thumbs up!
I'll keep you posted,
and let you know how it goes.
Although, I do expect a thumbs up!
1 comment:
Owch!
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