My son had a free gingival graft. It was a battle but we got it covered under his health insurance. Quote was around 3 grand and he paid 0.

I'm the PP you were referring to OP.

If you use auto graft (i.e. they take skin from your own mouth), I've heard it really is painful (from two people I know who had that procedure). The pain is where they take the skin to graft. So, I don't want to dismiss the very real pain that many people have when they do a certain type of gum grafting.

That said, I was very worried for how much pain I would be in having 5 grafting the first time... and I was very pleasantly surprised that I didn't need any pain meds when I woke up the next morning! (I had taken the ibuprofen and tylenol as instructed after the surgery and before bed).

The same was true after my second surgery with five teeth grafted. The difference between my surgery and the two people I know who had a lot of pain with their single-tooth grafting experience is that my periodontist used allograft and theirs did not.

Not all gum graft experiences are the same because of the procedure used. Not all periodontists are qualified to use allograft, so they do the traditional route. The process makes a big difference in the amount of pain or lack of pain.

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Anonymous wrote:I had 10 teeth grafted in two separate surgeries. Each one was 5 teeth.

Each surgery (5 grafted teeth and many follow ups) was about $4000 total.

Vienna Cosmetic and Family Dentistry. They periodontist comes in on Thursdays. Not super painful. Use allograft (donor grafts).

This seems like a great price. Were you sedated during the surgery?

No. It took about 90 min each time. Not painful, just hard to keep mouth open that long (TMJ). The procedure is the hardest part, plus not being able to brush normally for 6 weeks.

You can eat almost anything if you break it into small enough pieces. No chips, seeded foods or nuts. Everything else (including cheesebergers) can be broken into very small pieces with a fork. First few days go easy with soft foods like yogurt, eggs, fish, bananas.

Getting just one tooth grafted is no big deal. That will be a lot faster surgery.

Thank you so much for your response! I also like your positive mindset. I’m going to keep this as my mantra that one tooth grafted is no big deal 😊

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Anonymous wrote:I had 10 teeth grafted in two separate surgeries. Each one was 5 teeth.

Each surgery (5 grafted teeth and many follow ups) was about $4000 total.

Vienna Cosmetic and Family Dentistry. They periodontist comes in on Thursdays. Not super painful. Use allograft (donor grafts).

This seems like a great price. Were you sedated during the surgery?

No. It took about 90 min each time. Not painful, just hard to keep mouth open that long (TMJ). The procedure is the hardest part, plus not being able to brush normally for 6 weeks.

You can eat almost anything if you break it into small enough pieces. No chips, seeded foods or nuts. Everything else (including cheesebergers) can be broken into very small pieces with a fork. First few days go easy with soft foods like yogurt, eggs, fish, bananas.

Getting just one tooth grafted is no big deal. That will be a lot faster surgery.

Anonymous wrote:I had 10 teeth grafted in two separate surgeries. Each one was 5 teeth.

Each surgery (5 grafted teeth and many follow ups) was about $4000 total.

Vienna Cosmetic and Family Dentistry. They periodontist comes in on Thursdays. Not super painful. Use allograft (donor grafts).

This seems like a great price. Were you sedated during the surgery?

I had 10 teeth grafted in two separate surgeries. Each one was 5 teeth.

Each surgery (5 grafted teeth and many follow ups) was about $4000 total.

Vienna Cosmetic and Family Dentistry. They periodontist comes in on Thursdays. Not super painful. Use allograft (donor grafts).