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SC_Girl
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Hi everyone. I'm super stoked to have found this forum and am hoping to get some more information regarding Lanap. All the threads I see here are a few years old and I'm sure the procedure has been tweaked a little since then and that maybe the technology has changed. A little about me and my history:
I am a 33 year old female who has been suffering from periodontitis for some time now. I had ZERO insurance and money was always tight, so I could never afford to see a dentist for 7 years (fear from my last dentist encounter kept me from just financially sucking it up and making an appointment). 7 years ago, I had a disease that attacked my gums and ended up putting me in the ER (due to a fever, chills, and not being able to eat or sleep because of the pain). The dentist I saw afterwards said that all I needed was a cleaning and after berating me in front of clients and staff members, he told me I should be good to go.
I brushed and flossed daily, but kinda gave up on the flossing when I was noticing no improvement in the appearance of my gums. When I got pregnant about a year and a half ago, things really took a turn for the worse and that's when I noticed that my teeth had started shifting. I now have very noticeable gaps between my front teeth and the teeth next to them and my bite is so imbalanced that it's affecting the way I eat and talk. It's pretty humiliating.
Now that I have dental insurance, I saw a dentist who referred me to a periodontist (as I expected). The periodontist said he doesn't see a need for any extractions and suggested LANAP on my entire mouth. This was much more appealing to me than him going into my mouth with a scalpel. I can only afford for half of my mouth to be done this year and will do the other half early next year when my benefits renew.
Does anyone have any current experiences with this surgery? I'm curious as to what the downtime is, the pain level, and specifically how long the blood clots will need to stay. I'm also curious to hearing about people who have done the surgery years ago. How are their gums and bone regeneration doing now? Do the little triangles between your teeth grow back? (Mine have been nonexistent on the top front row of my teeth since whatever attacked my gums 7 years ago.) Or does that require another surgery? Sorry for the long post, but I have so many questions...I really appreciate anyone who can give me advice or tell me about their experiences.
I am a 33 year old female who has been suffering from periodontitis for some time now. I had ZERO insurance and money was always tight, so I could never afford to see a dentist for 7 years (fear from my last dentist encounter kept me from just financially sucking it up and making an appointment). 7 years ago, I had a disease that attacked my gums and ended up putting me in the ER (due to a fever, chills, and not being able to eat or sleep because of the pain). The dentist I saw afterwards said that all I needed was a cleaning and after berating me in front of clients and staff members, he told me I should be good to go.
I brushed and flossed daily, but kinda gave up on the flossing when I was noticing no improvement in the appearance of my gums. When I got pregnant about a year and a half ago, things really took a turn for the worse and that's when I noticed that my teeth had started shifting. I now have very noticeable gaps between my front teeth and the teeth next to them and my bite is so imbalanced that it's affecting the way I eat and talk. It's pretty humiliating.
Now that I have dental insurance, I saw a dentist who referred me to a periodontist (as I expected). The periodontist said he doesn't see a need for any extractions and suggested LANAP on my entire mouth. This was much more appealing to me than him going into my mouth with a scalpel. I can only afford for half of my mouth to be done this year and will do the other half early next year when my benefits renew.
Does anyone have any current experiences with this surgery? I'm curious as to what the downtime is, the pain level, and specifically how long the blood clots will need to stay. I'm also curious to hearing about people who have done the surgery years ago. How are their gums and bone regeneration doing now? Do the little triangles between your teeth grow back? (Mine have been nonexistent on the top front row of my teeth since whatever attacked my gums 7 years ago.) Or does that require another surgery? Sorry for the long post, but I have so many questions...I really appreciate anyone who can give me advice or tell me about their experiences.