What is a Frenectomy?
Holllllaaaaaa, I’m back and better than ever! I know, it’s been a minute since I’ve made a post, but we’ve been busy here making your video course that we’ve dubbed “90 Ways to Save Money on Your Prescription Drugs”. In addition to all that, a week ago today I underwent a minor surgery on my mouth.
Don’t worry, it was no biggy…just irritating as hell! J
The procedure I had is called a frenectomy – this is where they remove a small fold of tissue named the frenulum.
Let’s describe it this way – (for me they took out the frenulum that was on my bottom lip) it’s the piece or fold of skin that connects your lip to your gum. You have one on the upper lip, the lower lip, and under the tongue.
Here’s a picture of the frenulum of the upper lip!
See that fold of skin just above the teeth? That's the frenulum of the upper lip!
The frenulum under your tongue is that fold of skin that seems to be attaching the bottom of your mouth to the underside of your tongue.
Check out my video to get more details on the procedure! I don’t think you can see me very well because of the lighting, but you’ll get the gist of it.
What it boils down to is that my lower frenulum was too long so it was pulling the gums that were protecting my bottom two front teeth downward. The roots of my teeth were becoming exposed (which can end up being pretty painful) and eventually if the problem wasn’t solved, my teeth would’ve fallen out.
So the Vicodin they gave me…holy crap, that stuff works well! I pretty much took it at night and only 1 tablet at a time. I took it at night mostly because by the end of a full day of talking, eating, moving around my mouth the pain was a bit much.
The Vicodin didn’t make me sleepy at all, but it sure did cut the pain! I took it at bedtime too because it helped my mouth/jaw relax a little. Whatever I was doing in my sleep created a wicked painful mouth in the morning, so the Vicodin helped out in that way too!
And that’s, that! I think pretty much everything else you can find in more detail in the video portion of this post. Thanks for reading/listening and don’t forget to e-mail me at cate@getpharmacyadvice.com.
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