My questions is this a valid approach to fixing receding gum. I have many, many teeth that the roots are exposed. I have far too many teeth to have them grafted. Is this pinhole surgery an expensive procedure and how successful is this approach to fixing receding gums. I am desperate to fix my teeth and I have no dental insurance.
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Hi, thank you for your question. I see that you are having concerns with the end result of your procedure. Gum regrowth and rejuvenation has been performed for many many years in periodontics. From the procedures you have mentioned, a healing time of at least three months to 6 months is needed...
Pinhole surgery technique is kind of modification of a traditional well documented periodontal technique for grafting / root coverage. That technique is called Coronally positioned flap (the flap of tissue is pulled down or up towards the crown of the tooth) . In Periodontal literature, ...
The cost for the procedure is comparable to grafting. Not that many clinicians are trained with pin hole surgical technique. Therefore, the ones that have taken the time and invested in learning are providing a service that others can not. ...for example, In Toronto area, as...
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