Outside the norm

Yesterday I had my wisdom teeth on the right side of my mouth removed. I was a bit nervous about the process but once the freeze set in, it wasn't bad at all. I'm not feeling a lot at the moment since I'm on Tylenol 3 but it's not as bad afterwards as I dreaded it would be. There's very minimal swelling which was what I was worried about secondary to the pain. :)

Hopefully recovery will be pretty fast. I'm due for another dental related surgery in January. I was recommended to see a Peridontist for an consultation about my gums. I was told that I was naturally born without any gums in my lower mouth and that they would need to take skin from my palate to graft onto my lower teeth so that it would cover the bone and vulnerable blood vessels I have there. So I'm to have 4 surgeries over a period of a year to accomplish that fully and after that I'm to see an Orthodontist to get braces because my bite is causing my front two upper teeth to push outwards and wiggle too much but I need to have gums first for the braces.

I went to a children's dentist for 19 years and I was told that I was good except for a few cavities here and there throughout those years. And my first time going to an adult dentist, I'm told that my wisdom teeth need to be removed, my front two teeth have short roots that need to be taken care of, my lower mouth has no gums and I need to get a skin graft, I need braces, and I have a developing cavity. Aiyah~

Thank g for painkillers.....