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Originally Posted by OldsnowboarderME  Remember the broken teeth .. well I decided to go for the complete make over dental wise.It was long overdue. Now one of my back molars will need crown lengthening. The procedure sounds pure gruesome. Is there anything I can do before or should do after to make the experience more bearable? I am not a big fan of dental pain. |
Sorry it took so long for my reply, I've been holed up at the Mohegan Sun the last few days with alot of other dentists at my state's annual dental convention.
Crown lengthening when needed(and it often is) really isn't that big a deal and the majority of time sounds like its going to be WAYYYY worse than it is in reality. The vast majority of the time I do this procedure, all that most of my patients experience is a couple of days of bruise like soreness to pressure - the kind of stuff that you
MIGHT need a couple of motrin/advil for.
Don't worry about it, as long as your numb, not a big deal at all. Just don't plan on eating and super crunchy and/or hard stuff (popcorn/peanuts/potato chips) for a few days afterwards as the surgical site is healing and you'll be fine.