for mine, an oral surgeon is doing most of the work, but my dentist is in charge. she's the one making (ordering, really) the 10 fake teeth (when i first started having problems, my dentist at the time's solution was to remove teeth until they fit, so over 1/2 the molars. (we were also hoping it would help with my headaches. it did not) Plus, I just never grew adult pre-molars (but they baby ones fell out) and I have some baby teeth still) It's the lack of molars that's the problem - I do most chewing w/ my front teeth, causing irregular wear patterns and too much wear. Not a problem yet, but will be when I'm older. Plus, I guess it would be nice to be able to use an adult size gag and stuff :)
I'm expecting it to go well, when I had my wisdom teeth removed (and they were severely impacted under the other teeth) I had zero problems and zero pain. Though the idea of a graft scares me some.
for me, they are grafting in fake bone. Are they removing bone from you someplace, or are you getting the fake stuff?
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Date: 2008-04-21 05:55 am (UTC)for mine, an oral surgeon is doing most of the work, but my dentist is in charge. she's the one making (ordering, really) the 10 fake teeth (when i first started having problems, my dentist at the time's solution was to remove teeth until they fit, so over 1/2 the molars. (we were also hoping it would help with my headaches. it did not) Plus, I just never grew adult pre-molars (but they baby ones fell out) and I have some baby teeth still) It's the lack of molars that's the problem - I do most chewing w/ my front teeth, causing irregular wear patterns and too much wear. Not a problem yet, but will be when I'm older. Plus, I guess it would be nice to be able to use an adult size gag and stuff :)
I'm expecting it to go well, when I had my wisdom teeth removed (and they were severely impacted under the other teeth) I had zero problems and zero pain. Though the idea of a graft scares me some.
for me, they are grafting in fake bone. Are they removing bone from you someplace, or are you getting the fake stuff?