Anyone ever had a Connective tissue graft?

[kitkat9933]

Just curious whether anyone on the forums has ever had one of these as doesn't seem to be too much info online for UK based patients.

My Periodontist told me some over the counter ibuprofen would make it all good. However, online people in the US are saying that you need some hardcore stuff to keep the pain at bay.

 

[kitkat9933]

... no specific input but just remember the rules about no medical advice please ...

Is asking for experiences ok?

 

[kitkat9933]

As has been said no medical advice.

However remember with American medicine it's usually the "hard stuff" because they're allowed to advertise it on TV and pushed it for years over the softer stuff, or people have needed it more because they've been unable to afford operations, all of which is a big part of the reason they have such a bad drug problem, as so many Americans got started on prescription painkillers that may not have been necessary (OTC/milder ones might have done) but were advertised/pushed hard as having no side effects, and then when they couldn't get them from the GP any more moved on to the illegal ones.
Effectively a lot of the time in the US they seemed to start straight off with strong stuff because patients asked for it by name (and the doctors got bonuses).

If you've got a query about your pain meds it's best to talk to your GP, they'll hopefully be able to advise/offer additional options such as "If you do need something stronger, give us a ring and we'll do a small prescription".

I should add it's dental surgery, but my doctor is giving me some stuff to calm me down before the surgery. I've left a message with the dental periodontist today asking can I have some harder stuff.