Patient Instructions

Potatoes, yogurt, oatmeal, jell-o, beans, bananas, eggs, pudding, cottage cheese, applesauce, soups, noodles, ground beef,
pancakes, rice, fish, casseroles, food supplements.

Before treatment gums were swollen and infected. After treatment the gums shrink back down, are now healthy and are at the bone levels, where they were when you were healthy.

Please avoid looking/touching treated area until you are seen for your follow-up appointment. It can be tempting to look at the area, but this may pull on the sutures and disturb healing. Please just dap the area with the prescribed mouth rinse.

YES. Superficial pieces will come out for the first few months, this is normal and expected.

YES. The white appearance is a normal stage of healing. A portion of the graft can fall out the first 5 days, which is normal.

The day of surgery, you should follow your usual morning routine (including taking any daily medications prescribed by your physician). Please arrive on-time for your appointment. The area being treated will be numbed and no work will begin until you are entirely comfortable.

Yes. We are able to offer various levels of sedation to meet your expectations. Ask the doctor about our oral sedation and IV sedation options.

Before treatment gums were swollen and infected. After treatment the gums shrink back down, are now healthy and are at the bone levels, where they were when you were healthy.

Please avoid looking/touching treated area until you are seen for your follow-up appointment. It can be tempting to look at the area, but this may pull on the sutures and disturb healing. Please just dap the area with the prescribed mouth rinse.

YES. Superficial pieces will come out for the first few months, this is normal and expected.

Potatoes, yogurt, oatmeal, jell-o, beans, bananas, eggs, pudding, cottage cheese, applesauce, soups, noodles, ground beef, pancakes, rice, fish, casseroles, food supplements.

YES. The white appearance is a normal stage of healing. A portion of the graft can fall out the first 5 days, which is normal.

A small amount of bleeding from the roof of the mouth is normal after a grafting procedure. Please apply a piece of gauze or moistened black tea bag directly over the bleeding site with firm pressure for at least 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the bleeding should be controlled. If you still have bleeding, please contact our office.

You can trim the suture with a small pair of scissors. If you are concerned, please come in and our assistant will gladly help you.