Gum graft experiences?
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General Question: Had free gum graft surgery a few days ago. Just curious what other people's timeline of healing and pain experiences were like. Was it successful? If it wasn't, we're your dentists/periodontist willing to redo it and fix it? Bc mine isn't... Typical healing timeline: a lot of ppl in the dental subreddit say the worst is the first week, took about 6 weeks for pain to more fully subside and 3 months for full healing. My pain/meds experience: I'm in terrible pain constantly that the meds are not touching much. Can barely sleep. The roof of my mouth actually feels fine (for now. They put dentl glue on that will disintegrate soon) but the area they sewed the tissue onto pulses/throbbing/burning pain. It might be that i got this done in the first place bc i had nerve pain where the tooth roots are exposed and maybe it's just being exacerbated now. They only gave me strong ibprofen at first til I begged for something stronger on day 3. They did prescribe a few days of vicodine that works a little for a couple hours but I'm supposed to do it at 6 hour intervals. I know eds folks tend to burn through pain meds and even tho I've told the perio i have eds, i doubt he'd be able to prescribe more (he's also out of the country now until my follow up appointment anyway.) My insurance rejected the vicodine in the first place so i paid it out of pocket and the pharmacy tried to reject it automatically...🫠 Periodontist experience: The perio said the surgery was like 85% success for his eds patients. He said later in a text it was 95%. Not really buying it given all the reddit horror stories I've read for ppl who don't even have eds. He also said since I have eds, if it fails, he won't redo it...which feels like that violates preexisting condition stuff that I have no control over. Also if you're claiming this is just SO successful for ppl with eds then...why wouldn't you redo it. Tons of ppl without eds have to get it redone and fixed up all the time. I'd get a second opinion but my dental insurance is a horrible nightmare that literally leaves me with no other options than this one dental company and the like 2 periodonists they have.
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- Subreddit
- r/ehlersdanlos
- Author
- u/RevolutionaryCover34
- Posted
- Feb 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC
AI Analysis
- Medication
- vicodin (hydrocodone/acetaminophen), ibuprofen
- Condition
- gum graft / periodontal surgery, postoperative dental pain, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
- Barrier
- insurance coverage
- Geography
- us likely