Golpa Dallas Review

I will skip all the personal teeth history and go right to my experience at the Golpa Dallas location. I had a last minute gap in my schedule and contacted Golpa on Monday for implant appointment for end of same week. Apparently the planets were aligned just so, and I was given an appointment for 8 am thursday that week. I didn't realize at the time but a few people involved in my case do not usually work on Friday's but agreed to go in for me. That is sort of the theme of this location, above and beyond. All the girls that work there treat you like you're their BFF and make you feel comfortable even before you step into the office. I flew alone into Dallas late Wed afternoon. Golpa office contacted me to see if I needed an uber to get office from hotel and arranged it for me. Got to office first thing thursday and had scan/xray done right away. Then met Dr's and assistants that would be there with me. After consult and teeth choosing done, paid bill and was ready for surgery at about 11 or so (don't really remember time). I had about 22 teeth pulled and 8 implants. I 'woke' up around 4-ish and was very groggy. Once I was slightly awake I was given a protein drink which I dribbled like a baby, lol. One of the girls said that usually happens and gave me a mirror to watch myself drink, and that was much better. I was wiped out, but didn't have any pain at all. No novicane sensation, just the odd feeling of no teeth and metal pins in mouth. Around 500-530 I was well enough to go back to hotel and again they arranged for Uber to bring me back to hotel and sent me with some extra protein shakes. Once in my room, I went to sleep and pretty much slept until the next morning. The next day I was to wait until they called to go in when my teeth were ready. I had already rented a car, so I did a little driving around and sight seeing and went to CVS to get script for pain killer filled just in case. I got a call around 1030 to go in, and by 1230 was all done and my teeth looked great. Since I had many teeth prior to procedure, I didn't feel weird with teeth. That said there is for lack of a better word extra gum prosthetic area on top on the front and back of gum which I assume is there to protect the healing gums underneath. That extra piece takes a little getting used to when speaking. Anyhow still pain-wise I took a couple of ibuprofen and the antibiotics previously prescribed and that was it. I was scheduled to fly back to the northeast early Friday evening, but got to airport early and got on an earlier flight. I was slightly sore but otherwise OK. I had a 2 hr drive from airport, once home tired but otherwise just sore and it was quelled with ibuprofen. So very glad I flew out and got home asap, because I had a lousy night on Friday. Not my mouth, but my stomach. Don't know what caused it, but had very bad stomach pains for approx 6 hours and as quickly as they came on they were gone. Very unusual for me because I rarely have any stomach issues. My kids were away for the weekend, so I had Saturday and most of Sunday to relax. Saturday I slept a lot, and Sunday I was pretty much OK and more like my old self. Crazy when you think about that considering everything that happened the previous 3 days! I had bruising and swelling on my face that was completely gone within 7 days from the surgery. I never needed the pain meds and I was so sick of soft food, I ate some softer regular food after a few days of surgery. In the beginning, I bit the inside of my cheeks a lot. I'd say within a month that very rarely happened. My speaking was odd, but that also improved fairly quickly. The teeth work, but obviously are not attached to nerves so the sensation of eating food is different. The good news is there's no nerve pain from eating. The bad news for me is now I can eat ice cream without issue and am enjoying it a bit too much and too often, haha. The front of the teeth feel like normal teeth. The top of the bottom teeth and the bottom of top teeth have ridges that feel normal. The back of the teeth do not feel like regular teeth, but really doesn't matter at all. In closing the entire staff at Golpa Dallas was beyond exceptional. I truly liked them all a lot. The office is modern and spotless. As they promised, they followed up after a couple of weeks to see how I was doing. I will have to go back for my adjustment and cleaning in a few months and look forward to seeing everyone again. It took me a long time to get the nerve to do this and my only regret is that it took me a long time to do this. It is an incredible amount of money so I get the hesitation, but the payback is priceless and crazy to wait if you can get it done sooner than later.