“What could happen when I get my gum surgery?”
I'm scheduled for gum surgery, a gum graft, soon. I'm 30 years old and I'm worried about any complications that could happen because of it. What complications are associated with gum grafting? How long does it take to recover?
11 Answers
A few complications, a few days.
Your dentist must explain to you all you need to know.
You shouldn't have to worry about what's going on if you're having surgery and it's needed then you will need it because you will either have overgrowth or you have loss of gum tissue. That can be rectified either way as long as the periodontist or oral surgeon who does the work knows what they are doing for you.
Complications with a gingival graft are rare. The most common would be failure to heal properly. Consult your periodontist about your concerns.
Many different types of gum or gingival grafts are available. Talk to the periodontist's office or dentist's office that will preform the graft.
Every surgery has some possible complications, your surgeon will inform ou before the operation.
It is a pretty safe procedure should have a few days of discomfort and will take 6 to 8 weeks to heal. Success rate is high
Best Regards,
Dr. Mark Berkowitz
Best Regards,
Dr. Mark Berkowitz
In answer to your concerns, your dentist/periodontist should thoroughly discuss all of these issues in advance of the surgery. That being said, the main issues after periodontal surgery as the patient, is the soreness and healing of the wound. There is little need to be concerned about surgical failure, because most gum surgery has a very high success rate. And your situation sounds as if it is relatively straight forward. Ironically, the area that may annoy you the most is the donor site of the graft. Those areas sometimes turn out to be the most uncomfortable of all the sites that were worked on. You should be back to normal within a few days to a week. Again, your surgeon should be able to address these issues and allay your concerns.
Good luck with your procedure, and don't look back.
Good luck with your procedure, and don't look back.
Worst case scenario is that the graft fails. Generally this will leave you no worse than you were before the surgery. Follow all post surgical instructions very carefully and you should have a successful outcome.
No other local dental treatment should be done in that area until your periodontist tells you it's allowed. Usually 6 weeks or so.
No other local dental treatment should be done in that area until your periodontist tells you it's allowed. Usually 6 weeks or so.
Healing from gum grafting should be fairly uneventful. If the surgeon harvests the graft from your palate, the roof of your mouth will be sore, like major burn from hot pizza. My first question would be, "How did the recession occur in the first place and what kind of shape is the underlying supporting bone?”
Some degree of bruising, swelling, oozing is expected after gum surgery and usually disappears within a week to 10 days after surgery. There is possibility of infection (Less than 5% of cases), numbness (depending on the region and proximity to nerves innervating the area), graft failure (5-10% of cases), It's important to know that gum grafting in general whether with ur own tissue or cadaver tissue is amongst the highly successful procedures periodontists offer, however each & every surgery that we do has its own complication rate associated with it. Recovery is less than a week for early healing, (sutures are removed within a week to 2 weeks after surgery) and pain/bruising could be managed with analgesics and steroids to a great degree.
