My dental work

Tuesday morning, I had a bit of dental work done. I mentioned it a couple of months ago in relation to a root canal that I had done in April. I was a little hesitant about mentioning anything at all because I didn't want to have a bunch of people post their bad experiences that would freak me out about everything.

The appointments that I have had in the last week have not been too terrible and the periodontist said that I did great with everything. Now, it's time to heal.

Healing is exhausting!! I slept until almost 9 yesterday, took a 2+ hour nap in the afternoon and then went to bed at 10. And I was absolutely exhausted!

I'm glad that I took off the rest of the week from work because I have no idea how I would have handled all of that along with the healing.

I was actually a little excited to have the procedure done on Tuesday. I am including the You Tube video of the animation of the procedure using a laser to clean up the gum tissue. It's an animation so there is no blood included, but watch at your own risk. :)  And the periodontist ended up doing more work than they initially thought that they would. I still have no idea what all was going on except that at the end he shaved down a little on my lower teeth to adjust my bite and take pressure off of my top front teeth.

And now, I just have to follow some instructions from the office and wait for things to heal and see how it is all looking at my follow up appointment in a couple of weeks. The toughest part right now is following the dietary restrictions. Isn't it awful to start craving the few things that you must not have? Can everyone just have a few Doritos for me? :)