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After a Year of Debating, Finally Getting my Gummy Smile Surgery. Fort Lauderdale, FL
UPDATED FROM Miami29
3 days pre
2nd Day Post Op
Feeling swollen. My gums are slightly sore but I am not in pain. Still eating soft foods and taking the antibiotic. Hopefully tomorrow I can brush my teeth. I feel kind of gross today and sad because it's Valentine's Day and I look like a zombie w my mouth like this :(
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February 14, 2016
Happy Valentines dear! Don't be sad! It will be fine and you will forget. My 6 year old son also told me I looked like a zombi after the procedur :))) But plus to all of it my whole mouth was in blood like I just ate someone :))) Now it's fine and does not bleed anymore. The only thing is I make a lot of "th" sound, so rediculous. Hopefully, it will go away as my dentist told.
UPDATED FROM Miami29
5 days pre
Slight change of plans... and price!!
Well, the good news is that the procedure is done. I'm home. Everything went well. The bad news is that right before the procedure, the dentist and the specialist sat me down to tell me that I would have to shell out another $1,000 on top of what I already paid. They explained to me that the procedure was more complicated than the dentist originally thought it would be. So to say the least, I'm pissed!!! I went ahead with the procedure because I had my hopes set on having this done but it's very bad business practice!!! The original price I paid in full was SO off from what they actually told me it would cost at the last minute. Anyway, the specialist was very nice and very informative. Her name is Dr. Alvarez. The whole thing took about an hour. I took 4 ibuprophen before the procedure and 3 right after. Two hours later, the anesthesia has pretty much worn off completely and I'm not in that much pain. It does hurt when I talk but only because I'm irritating the stitches with my lips when I speak. I was prescribed Vicodin and ibuprophen for the pain and an antibiotic. I'm going to ice for a while... Dentist said to ice for 5 min and take the ice off for 5 min. I bought soups, jello, soft fruit, mashed potatoes and stuff to make smoothies so I can eat for the next week or so. I have to go back in a week to see how I'm healing. Then, I have to go back in 6 weeks for the dentist to do any touch ups and actually remove any excess gum. Today all they did was the bone contour. You can already see my teeth are much larger than before the procedure so the bone contour has done a lot in itself. Can't wait until I'm 100% healed to see my final results!!
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February 13, 2016
I am very happy that it's finally done. Your gums already look so much nicer. But it's so dishonest by the dentist to charge you by fax. They could tell you before, for you to have a choice. I was juicing for 3 days, did not eat anything else, just juice cleanse. I was not told to put ice, and I did not. It's will be discomfort (not pain) for 3 days. But you will be fine. You gonna have a very beautiful smile :)))
February 13, 2016
With all my concerns regarding my gum lengthening that you know about I respect that the dentist did not charge me any extras even though the dentist did not think the orthodontist would have to do it in the back. So, my dentist is at least honest :)))
February 13, 2016
Looks great. Can't wait to see the results after your all healed up :)
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