Well a little over 24 hours and I will be having all of my top teeth pulled and implants placed with temporaries. Excited, scared and nervous all at the same time. Super comfortable with my doctor and staff. Won't be put to sleep. Doc prefers you awake to make sure bite is right etc. just Valium and gas. (With locals) hope it's enough. Have found so much wonderful info here reading others stories. Will update after procedure. Updated on 19 Nov 2017: Ok tomorrow is go time. I'm extremely nervous, nauseous, stressed and excited all at the same time. I couldn't sleep last night so I'm sure I won't tonite. Will update tomorrow night Updated on 20 Nov 2017: Well I did it. Whew! I thought my heart would pound right out of my chest. But man they were so good. They kept me calm. Didn't feel anything. The shots to numb was the worst part. That hurt lol. I'll try to get some pics in bit. A special shot out to Gileb and and HopefulAng for all the support and answering all my questions!! Updated on 21 Nov 2017: Been not quite 24 hrs now. Feeling pretty good. The experience wasn't as bad as I had it planned out in my head. All I had was Valium and locals for the pain. The worst was being able to hear everything. Slept well last night. Love the look. Wish I would of done the bottoms too. But they are healthy right now so he said they would be ok. Hopefully I don't get the day 3 swelling so many have talked about. Go in tomorrow for a follow up to check everything out. I'll take a better pic, soon but here is a before and after. Updated on 22 Nov 2017: Had my follow up today and he said everything looked great. No real pain. Just uncomfortable feeling from time to time. Laughing has most def made me feel the "stretch". Just went into bathroom and bam! Look like a chipmunk. Lol. Guess that's the day 3 swelling. Also noticed a small area of sharp tooth in the back. Rubbing cheek a little. We will see how that goes. I am a huge gum addict. Always chewing gum. So today was hard being day 3 not having it. He gave me some biotin rinse and said to rinse with it if I get dry mouth and I could use mints too as long as I do not "bite" them. I do like smiling. Have to get used to it as I always smiled with my mouth closed. I'll update again soon. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Updated on 23 Nov 2017: Still a little puffy but I can smile more. So much to be thankful for! Updated on 25 Nov 2017: Well this weekend we had a big outing with a bunch of our friends since my all on 4. It is so hard to get out of the habit of covering my mouth when laughing. But soo nice to smile confidently. No pain and really no swelling left. Only pain I have is from this dumb wisdom tooth being pulled. It actually aches like a tooth ache. Wth! I can't wait till I can use the water pic. I'm so worried about food being in the "space" even though I can't see one. I'm constantly swishing water around to rinse while eating. Updated on 29 Nov 2017: Well thought i would update. Its been a little over a week. Everything is well with the implants. Very paranoid about what may be caught in them, so cant wait for that first cleaning appointment and to get the water pic. Eating has been ok just eating ALOT slower to be careful. I am a huge gum chewer so having major withdrawals from that. I have 3 different kind of mints but not the same as gum. My biggest issue is this darn wisdom tooth removal. I had a "blister" on the side of my tongue and could figure out what in the world could be rubbing on it. I also have alot of pain back there in the jaw. People were telling me maybe dry socket. So I took a flash light and my finger and was poking around. Well i actually have a piece of jagged jaw bone sticking out on the lower part of the gum and that is what is cutting / rubbing my tongue. From what i read online this is normal after trauma of a big tooth removal. And when i called the dentist they said the same thing. They said to put anbesol on it and the chip will either come out or the gum will grow over the exposed bone. I just want it to stop hurting!! its like a toothache. I told my husband i go through this major surgery for the implants and no pain from them and this tooth gives me issues...ugh well guess i will get through it. So last night was my first trip to the movies, mind you i am a popcorn freak. Its my FAVORITE. I knew i couldn't have it so i bought the corn pops with no kernels and took some with me. Well of course not the same but it helped with the craving. All in all i think i am doing pretty well. Still hard relaxing my jaw and just letting myself smile or openly talk as i still feel i need to be hiding my teeth. that should pass i hope. I also still have alot of tenderness on the roof of my mouth which im sure will pass with time. And most definitely STAY AWAY FROM ORANGE JUICE, ouch! Updated on 29 Nov 2017: I need to add this little piece. So my jaws have been really "achy". Couldn't figure out why. Was my bite off? Stress from the surgery? Well I figured It out today! I have been trying to not like really open my mouth a lot at work when I talk. Like almost "hide" my teeth. So I guess I haven't opened my mouth a lot. Afraid people will notice I had something done. Why? I don't know. There gorgeous I should be showing them off huh. Anyways I remember the dentist assistant tell me that when I'm in the car sing a lot. Mainly to make sure speech / pronunciation is good etc. well I was singing and realizing the more I opened my mouth the better my jaws felt. So I have been doing lots stretches opening and closing and wow. Do I feel tons better. Kind of a weird thing but thought it might be worth mentioning. Updated on 17 Dec 2017: Well tomorrow will be one month since my surgery and I wouldn't change a thing! My sister and I took a pic and started looking back into Facebook and we found NO pics of me smiling with teeth showing. Now it's all I do. I still find my self covering my mouth when laughing with friends but it's getting less and less. Just habit. I am a bit paranoid with the water pic. I fee like I should see food or something rinsing out but hardly see much. I hope it's staying clean. Paid way too much to have anything go wrong. Funny thing the other day. We had pizza at work. I bit into a piece and when I laid it down it was a perfect bit. My teeth never left a perfect bite. I took a pic and sent it to my husband. Thought I'd never see something like that. The weird little things. The only thing I don't like is the little extra of gum behind the teeth. Hopefully the finals will be more streamline with out so much. Updated on 23 Dec 2017: Well my absolute favorite food is popcorn. I thought when I had this surgery I'd never be able have again due to stuff getting stuck etc. well went to the movies tonite and had some! It was so delish. Just ate it slow with small amount. Didn't stuff my face lol. Felt ok came home right after and used the water pic. Rinsed a little out so all good. I'm a happy girl now. Merry Christmas to all of you! Updated on 3 Jan 2018: So just wanted to stop in and update. Monday will be 7 weeks post op. Doing fabulous so far. Had a small issue over Christmas as I kept biting the inside of my bottom lip. Got a blister from it. Must of been chewing funny or off set? Still havent been able to use the flossers that some have talked about. There just isnt enough room to get it in there, I really do not have much of a gap at 7 weeks. And it really creeps me out. lol So its just a brush and water pic. I bought a new water pic as the one they gave me i felt was too big to get in where i needed. Not much to report other than it so nice to be smiling in the holiday pictures. I have many people tell me i seem so happy. I have always been a happy person i just smile alot more! Updated on 3 Jan 2018: New pcs I forgot to post.
