My concern is that to this day I have extreme sensitivity on the roof of my mouth where the tissue was taken from for the grafting around my 2 molars – and it’s been over a year. I can even feel where the stiches were. My perio told me this would go away or at least lessen significantly but it hasn’t. Any ideas what is going on and am I just going to have to deal with this forever? It is not painful, but it is very distracting to have half of my mouth very sensitive to even my tongue moving.
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There are papilla type gum drafts that can be done BUT they only work in specific situations and may not work for you. The problem is that for some reason, you lost bone between the teeth. The only way to have bone grow down is to orthodontically pull the teeth down which will pull the bone down...
The gum graft should have NOT have been done on your mother in law if there was a history taken by the oral surgeon that showed she had been on any oral or IV medication for the treatment of osteoporosis. Fosamax and Boniva are examples of these bisphosphonates. Long term use of these oral...
One can only graft over root surface not enamel, veneers or crowns. There is no attachment mechanism over porcelain and enamel and the only thing one would create, in my experience, are deep pockets and new sources of inflammation.