I posted up a while ago asking if anyone had had a gum graft, as I was considering getting one done, as my gumline was really receeding (at risk of losing a tooth!).
Anyhow, some people asked me to let them know how it goes (or how it has gone now!).
I had the gum graft 2 weeks ago and it has gone really well. It was very uncomfortable having the actual operation and quite scary seeing the scissors and scalpels going into my mouth.
And I had quite a scary moment when I couldn't remove the piece of gauze which I had been asked to remove 24 hours later and it just bled and bled and bled (am sure it looked worse than it did, as the blood was mixed with saliva, but still nothing like the taste of blood - yuk!).
But I went to have the stitches removed today and the dentist is himself very surprised at how well it has gone/how quickly it has healed.
He took tissue from the roof of my mouth (which was actually more painful than the grafted part). He then sewed it onto the gum below my two front teeth.
I had to use painkillers for a few days and wear a plastic 'stent' to protect the wound in the roof of my mouth.
But I feel so much better now and it looks brilliant (the dentist said "textbook"). It has slightly covered the part where the gum has receeded (I was told it wouldn't do this, but would 'halt' the further erosion of the vulnerable tissue left). But the gumline looks much healthier and more 'robust' now.
Long rant over, but I am so chuffed it has taken and all of the pain/blood/sloppy food was worth it!
Anyone considering it, go for it! I won't lie and say it was easy, and I did lose the 'dip' in my chin for a few days, but so chuffed now.