For those who want to know, my oral surgery went well today. It was very long, but not too painful (though I was concious for the whole thing). It took me almost half an hour to drink a Jamba juice afterward, but I feel better every hour, well, every 15 minutes. Literally.
Now I have holes in my smile and metal in my jaw. Hopefully the bone will grow back properly and in a few months I'll be able to finish the process.
Yes, Lesli and anyone else, I welcome all soup and other soft foods. It's not like wisdom teeth - I'm not in tons of pain (thanks to Ibuprofen) and I'm allowed to eat, I just have to be careful not to tear my gum back open, so soft things.
So, let me hear your opinion. The dentist decided not to put temporary caps in today, so I still have two holes. In a couple of weeks he can make a flipper for me, which is like a retainer with teeth that I'd pop in and out (think the fake vampire teeth they sell). But I'm thinking (though I haven't discussed this at length with the dentist) that I have no problem with just having two holes in my mouth for awhile. What do you think?
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So depending on how long that "little while" will be- you might need the retainer because teeth move. My brother knocked out his (permenant) front teeth when he was eight and had the retainer with teeth on it for years because they didn't want to do anything more permenant until his mouth was more mature. He loved being able to take them out and scare people!
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